Global Journal of Human Social Science, C: Sociology and Culture, Volume 21 Issue 5

Volume XXI Issue V Version I 33 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2021 C © 2021 Global Journals Total War System and Youth Culture in East Asia Looking at 20th Century Culture from the Changes of Mobilization Mode time, it's an honor to know you. Yuan Shikai （袁世凯） is offering a reward of 100,000 for your head!" Liu Bocheng said jokingly: "If you tell the Beiyang warlord government （北洋军阀政府） that I am here, you will be able to make a fortune." Doctor Walker seemed to be insulted, and said angrily: "I will not hesitate to fight someone who insults my personality!" Liu Bocheng smiled and said, "When my eyes are good, I will accompany you!" As he said, he stretched out his hand in a friendly manner. "Elementary School Chinese Textbook （《小学语文》） " 6 This is nothing more than the story of a soldier who was badly injure d in the war. The text refers to it as the "God of War ". In fact, before World War II, Japan also referred to the Three Bomb Warriors as the "God of War." 7 The cultural psychology represented by this title is not a thing of the past, but has been alive to the present. Nowadays, when Japanese criticize China, they often mention China's patriotic education. But this kind of statement is a little bit ignorant of China. Because China is a revolutionary country, most people take it for granted t ha t they love the revolutionary motherland. For them, the Anti-Japanese War was a just war, and "patriotism" means positive. On the contrary, the Chinese may not understand the feelings of the Japanese. Saying "patriotism" in Japan is easy to think of education in the age of militarism. And the democratic education after the war has always denied the patriotic education at that time. Through patriotism, ordinary people can easily remember the history of the country requiring citizens to sacrifice. Therefore, "patriotism" for the Japanese is a very complicated concept, and most people generally do not want to simply talk about "patriotism". When the Basic Law of Education was updated a few years ago, there were also debates about adding the concept of "patriotism". This means that there are many people who oppose it. In this way, the One is called a soldier who sacrificed his life and wounded for the revolution, and the other is called soldiers who sacrificed their life for fascist aggression, which is completely ideologically opposite. But the title of "God of War", its image and the way of praise are very similar. Both "God of War" represent and promote the patriotic mood. 6 The third-grade of Jiangsu Education. The fourth-grade of Hebei Edition and Henan Edition. The sixth-grade of People's Education Press. Japanese are also uncomfortable with China's patriotic education. More importantly, the above praise of war heroes is not just the characteristics of so-called totalitarian countries ―― similar to the Soviet Union in the Stalin era, or socialist countries such as China after liberation, and fascist countries such as Japan in the military era. The so-called liberal countries at the time, such as the United States, could also see the same phenomenon. For example, the movie "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006) carefully described how ordinary people were heroized in the United States during World War II and how they were used to promote war and mobilize citizens. From the 1930s on the eve of the war until the end of the Cold War, the culture under the total war system was so transnational, transcending ideologies, and existed worldwide. However, during the Cold War period after World War II, the performance of the West, including Japan, was vague and complicated. It was not as obvious as the totalitarian society of the former Soviet Union and China. Its manifestation should be studied carefully. But at least it can be said that the cultural psychology of war in contemporary Chinese literature and art has the characteristics of culture under the total war system. And the mood of the people who are so mobilized culturally has also been greatly affected. To this point, the culture under the so-called total war system from the 1930s to the end of the Cold War (in China is the culture from the Anti-Japanese War to the Cultural Revolution) is nothing more than a certain limit of the mobilization model of modern culture ―― in other words "theatre type" mobilization model. The culture of this model has a characteristic. The mobilizer (creator, country, etc.) and the mobilized (receiver, the public, etc.) are clearly separated. Of course, the culture of New China is also part of it. VI. L ooking at T oday's P roblems from the C hanges in the C ultural S ystem ―― W hat does the C urrent Y outh C ulture T ell U s? However, in the 1980s, after the beginning of the reform and open policy, the situation of Chinese culture has undergone tremendous changes. This is part of a major turning point in the world's literature and art after the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the so-called era of globalization. To put it simply, the boundaries between mobilizers and mobilized in literature and art are beginning to blur. For example, fine arts began to leave art galleries, installation art displayed on the street, performance art involving audiences. Music has also changed from the art of professional musicians composing and playing, and the audience appreciated it, to the art of enthusiasts organizing their own music teams to participate in 7 To be precise, Japan in the era of militarism established shrines for those who formulately recognized as God of War. (Because they are gods.) For this, the three warriors without shrines are not true God of War. However, there were widespread discourses in society that regard them as God of War at that time. For example, Eishin Ueno ( 上野英信） said in the book "Long Live His Majesty: Preface to the Three Bomb Warriors” Yosensha Modern Classics Shinsho, 2007 ( 『天皇陛下万歳：爆弾三勇士序説』洋泉社 MC 新書、 2007 年） " : "I believe that the Three Warriors are the highest masterpieces of the image of a God of War produced by Japanese militarism."