Democracy in Post-War Japan : Maruyama Masao and the search for autonomy / Rikki Kersten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kersten, Rikki, 1960-

Series:

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Politics and government--1945-.

Japan.

Politics and government.

Democracy--Japan.

Democracy.

Maruyama, Masao, 1914-1996.

Maruyama, Masao.

Maruyama, Masao, 1914-1996--Bibliography.

Political science.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 289 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Summary:

IDemocracy in Postwar Japan focuses on controversial political philosopher Maruyama Masao, one of the principal contributors to post-war Japanese political thought. This book sets his work in the context of Japanese debates about the nature of democracy. Rikki Kersten asserts that the democratic ideal was widely debated from 1945 to 1960 in Japan. She explores the significance of Maruyama's notion of personal and social autonomy and its impact on the development of a distinctively Japanese democratic ideal. The book also shed light on contemporary criticisms of Japan's political system. "Democracy in Post-War Japan," based on contemporary documents and on interviews with Mauyama, is the only full-scale analysis of his work and thought to be published in English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-286) and index.

ISBN:

0415117534

OCLC:

32091953