Making a moral society : ethics and the state in Meiji Japan /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reitan, Richard M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2010.
Temas:
1800-1999
Geschichte 1868-1912.
Ethics > Japan > History > 19th century.
Ethics > Japan > History > 20th century.
Morale > Japon > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Morale > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Ethics
Moral
Ethik
Japan
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Ethics and the universal in Meiji Japan
  • Civilization and foolishness : contextualizing ethics in early Meiji Japan
  • The epistemology of Rinrigaku
  • Rinrigaku and religion : the formation and fluidity of moral subjectivity
  • Resisting civilizational hierarchies : the ethics of spirit and the spirit of the people
  • Approaching the moral ideal : national morality, the state, and "dangerous thought"
  • Epilogue: The ethics of humanism and moral particularism in twentieth-century Japan.

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