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Making a Moral Society: Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan
Richard M Reitan
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Description for Making a Moral Society: Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan
Hardcover. Presents a study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) that explores the struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. This book considers the fluidity of moral subjectivity by juxtaposing rinrigaku texts with moral writings by religious apologists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. In the Social Darwinist atmosphere of the time, the Japanese state sought to quell uprisings and overcome social disruptions so as to produce national unity and defend its sovereignty against Western encroachment. Morality became a crucial means to attain these aims. Moral prescriptions for re-ordering the population came from all segments of society, including Buddhist, Christian, and Confucian apologists; literary figures and artists; advocates of natural rights; anarchists; and women defending nontraditional gender roles. Each envisioned a unity ... Read more
This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. In the Social Darwinist atmosphere of the time, the Japanese state sought to quell uprisings and overcome social disruptions so as to produce national unity and defend its sovereignty against Western encroachment. Morality became a crucial means to attain these aims. Moral prescriptions for re-ordering the population came from all segments of society, including Buddhist, Christian, and Confucian apologists; literary figures and artists; advocates of natural rights; anarchists; and women defending nontraditional gender roles. Each envisioned a unity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824832940
SKU
V9780824832940
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About Richard M Reitan
Richard M Reitan is assistant professor of history at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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