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One Hundred Million Philosophers: Science of Thought and the Culture of Democracy in Postwar Japan (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University)
Adam Bronson
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Hardcover. After the devastation of World War II, journalists, scholars, and citizens came together to foster a new culture of democracy in Japan. Adam Bronson explores this effort in this groundbreaking study of the Institute for the Science of Thought, one of the most influential associations to emerge in the early postwar years. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; JHMC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
After the devastation of World War II, journalists, scholars, and citizens came together to foster a new culture of democracy in Japan. Adam Bronson explores this effort in a path-breaking study of the Institute for the Science of Thought, one of the most influential associations to emerge in the early postwar years. The institute's founders believed that the estrangement of intellectuals from the general public had contributed to the rise of fascism. To address this, they sought to develop a ""science of thought"" that would reconnect the world of ideas with everyday experience and thus reimagine Japan as a democratic ... Read more
After the devastation of World War II, journalists, scholars, and citizens came together to foster a new culture of democracy in Japan. Adam Bronson explores this effort in a path-breaking study of the Institute for the Science of Thought, one of the most influential associations to emerge in the early postwar years. The institute's founders believed that the estrangement of intellectuals from the general public had contributed to the rise of fascism. To address this, they sought to develop a ""science of thought"" that would reconnect the world of ideas with everyday experience and thus reimagine Japan as a democratic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824855338
SKU
V9780824855338
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