Nishi Amane and modern Japanese thought / by Thomas R. H. Havens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Havens, Thomas R. H., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nishi, Amane, 1829-1897.

Nishi, Amane.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1970.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A nineteenth-century aristocrat, Nishi Amane (1829-1897) was one of the first Japanese to assert the supremacy of Western culture. He was sent by his government to Leiden to study the European social sciences; on his return to Japan shortly before the climactic Meiji Restoration of 1868 he introduced and adapted European utilitarianism and positivism to his country's intellectual world. To modernize, Nishi held, Japan must cast off the bonds of the Confucian world-view in order to adopt new principles of empirical scholarly investigation and new standards of self-improvement. Though a Confucian by upbringing, Nishi became thoroughly committed to Western intellectual values in his programs for the new Japanese society. In his roles of teacher, writer, and government administrator, he was influential at one of the most critical times in Japan's history.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Note

I. The Intellectual in Japan's Transition from Feudalism to Modernism

II. The Early Development of Nishi's Thought

III. Study Abroad and Service at Home

IV. A Leader in Enlightening Japan

V. Attack on Neo-Confucianism

VI. Ethics for the New Society

VII. Nishi on Politics and Current Events

VIII. Civil and Military Society

IX. Nishi and Modern Japan

Biographical Notes

List of Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691648019

0691648018

9780691621357

0691621357

9781400869428

1400869420

OCLC:

902958257