1st Edition
The Political Thought of Mori Arinori A Study of Meiji Conservatism
By Alistair Swale
Copyright 2000
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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This new study of the Meiji Government's controversial Education Minister and thinker, Mori Arinori, seeks to complement Ivan P. Hall's excellent earlier biography (1973) by providing an alternative interpretation of the man and his mission, namely that he is 'overwhelmingly closer to the social evolutionist's view of social change', with a considerable debt to the writings of Spencer rather than... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Young Mori’s Initiation into Western Studies; Chapter 3 Mori and the Japanese Enlightenment; Chapter 4 Mori, the Enlightened Statesman; Chapter 5 The Political Theory of Mori As Minister; Chapter 6 The Praxis of National Organization; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
Biography
Alistair Swale
'It should be of interest to both specialists of Meiji Japan and those who seek a comparative analysis of social thought in nineteeth-century Europe and Japan.' - Pacific Affairs
