Nationalism, Political Realism and Democracy in Japan : the thought of Masao Maruyama.
Masao Maruyama was the most influential and respected political thinker in post-WWII Japan. He believed that the collective mentality, inherent in the traditional Japanese way of thinking, was a key reason for the defeat in WWII and was convinced that such thought needed to be modernized. In this bo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Japan series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Masao Maruyama was the most influential and respected political thinker in post-WWII Japan. He believed that the collective mentality, inherent in the traditional Japanese way of thinking, was a key reason for the defeat in WWII and was convinced that such thought needed to be modernized. In this book Fumiko Sasaki argues that the cause of the prolonged political, economic and social decline in Japan since the early 1990s can be explained by the same characteristics Maruyama identified after 1945. Using Maruyama's thought Sasaki explores how the Japanese people see their role in their nation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781136313790 1136313796 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
