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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reitan, Richard M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ethik
Moral
Ethics.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
Morale > Japon > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Morale > Japon > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Ethics > Japan > History > 20th century.
Ethics > Japan > History > 19th century.
Japan
Japan.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9780824837686

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