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and co- editor of Annales (Histoire, Sciences Sociales) and Cipango, Cahiers d’études japonaises, he is a
specialist on medieval Japan, the formation of the social sciences in modern Japan, and the history
of political thought in Japan. His publications include The World Turned Upside Down: Medieval
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Japon colonial 1880–1930, Les voix de la dissension