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Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought
Contributors:
By (Author) Thomas R.H. Havens
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
181.12
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
264
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
369g
Description
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 positivi
