Research on the History of Japanese Political Thought -- Academic Frontiers

Author: (Japanese) Maruyama Masao, translated by Wang Zhongjiang
Translator: Wang Zhongjiang
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Publishing Date: 2003-06-02
Features: This book, along with other related works, sparked a strong response in post-war Japan, making Maruyama Masao a spiritual leader in establishing a new paradigm of thought in Japan's intellectual circles. The book is dedicated to seeking the modernity resources within the history of Japanese thought, thereby challenging the conventional view that Japan's modernization was triggered by the West and that Japanese modernist thought was a product of Western influence. At the same time, in Japan's academic circles where Neo-Confucianism was regarded as a feudal and decadent ideology, Maruyama Masao's fresh perspective undoubtedly provided new possibilities for examining Neo-Confucianism.