Rikki Kersten

Democracy in Post-War Japan

Maruyama Masao and the Search for Autonomy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780415117531
• ISBN-10: 0415117534
• Artikelnr.: 21238603

Autorenporträt

Rikki Kersten

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Defeat and democracy in postwar Japan
Chapter 3 The search for autonomy
Chapter 4 Maruyama, Marx and the shutaisei debate
Chapter 5 Modernisation
Chapter 6 Fascism
Chapter 7 Pacifism, autonomy and the logic of democracy
Chapter 8 Democracy in crisis
Chapter 9 Conclusion