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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Fukuzawa, Yukichi (1835-1901). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Selected Essays by Fukuzawa Yukichi [Texte imprimé] : On Government / introduction and commentaries by Albert M. Craig ; translations by Teruko Craig
Publication : London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-230 pages) ; 24 cm
Collection : SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
Lien à la collection : SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan
Note(s) : "During the sweeping changes taking place in 19th century Japan, no thinker was more
important than Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901). Born into a low-ranking samurai family,
he traveled to Nagasaki at age nineteen to study Dutch. In 1858, he was sent to Edo
to teach Dutch to domain students. In his spare time he taught himself English using
a Dutch-English dictionary. Two years later, he was appointed a translator of diplomatic
documents at the shogunal office of foreign affairs. In 1862, he founded a school
that is now Keio University. Eager to introduce Western history and ideas to the Japanese,
he wrote a series of books, including the bestselling Conditions in the West (1866).
In the late 1870s, he turned his attention to the prospects for parliamentary government
in Japan. The central government was firmly in place and elective prefectural assemblies
were about to be established. He wrote essays on the workings of such a system, drawing
on his earlier travels abroad and his reading of de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill,
Walter Bagehot, and others. A realist and optimist, Fukuzawa assured his readers of
the eventual success of parliamentary government in Japan. This book provides the
first-English language translation of five essays that bear directly on the development
of his thought and its legacy in Japanese culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Sujet(s) : Fukuzawa, Yukichi (1835-1901)
Régimes représentatifs -- Japon -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
320.01 (23e éd.) = Science politique - Philosophie et théorie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781350096622. - ISBN 1350096628. - ISBN 9781350096639. - ISBN 1350096636. -
ISBN 9781350096615 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45766447t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45766447
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part 1 General Introduction; 1 The Progress
of Civilization and the Stages of Government; 2 Fukuzawa's Politics; Part 2 Fukuzawa's
Essays in Translation; 3 The Division of Power (Bunkenron), 1877; 4 On a National
Assembly (Kokkairon), 1879; 5 The Trend of the Times (Jiji taiseiron), 1882; 6 Revering
the Emperor (Sonnōron), 1888; 7 The Future Course of the Diet (Kokkai no zento),
1892; Notes; Index
