History of Marxist Economic Thought: Japan Volume

Author: Zhang Zhongren
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book is a research outcome of the Key Project of the National Social Science Fund of China and a multi-volume academic work that comprehensively and systematically discusses the history of Marxist economic thought. With approximately 1.5 million words, it is divided into five volumes: The Classic Writers Volume, The China Volume, The Soviet Russia Volume, The Europe and America Volume, and The Japan Volume. The entire work follows the scientific connotation of Marxist economics as its main thread, striving to highlight the research characteristics of being up-to-date and open. It adopts new domestic and international materials and research findings, fully exploring the evolutionary context and trends of major representative schools in the history of Marxist economic thought worldwide, analyzing them meticulously, objectively, and fairly, while also highlighting the continuity and development of theoretical thoughts among classic writers and figures in different schools of Marxist economic thought. Guided by Marxist materialist dialectics and employing comparative research as the basic method, the author combines normative and empirical approaches with qualitative and quantitative analysis to outline the fundamental framework and evolutionary trends of the history of Marxist economic thought. Some parts of this book fill academic gaps, and its overall structure is systematic, with innovative theoretical elaborations. Its academic value lies in comprehensively and systematically discussing the history of Marxist economic thought, which can greatly enrich the connotations of the discipline and advance its development. Its practical significance lies in scientifically observing and analyzing the development and evolution of contemporary socialism and capitalism, exploring certain issues, and gaining insights that are beneficial to us in more firmly applying Marxist economic thought to guide China's modernization, adhering to the Scientific Outlook on Development, and comprehensively building a socialist harmonious society. This book covers the Japan Volume. Marxist Economic Thought History is a research outcome of the Key Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (02AJIJ0107) and a multi-volume academic monograph. The entire work is divided into five volumes, respectively discussing the history of economic thought of Marxist classic writers, the history of Marxist economic thought in China, the history of Marxist economic thought in the Soviet Union and Russia, the history of Marxist economic thought in Europe and America, and the history of Marxist economic thought in Japan. Guided by materialist dialectics and employing comparative research as the basic method, the author focuses on the scientific connotation of Marxist economics as the main thread, striving to highlight the research characteristics of being up-to-date and open, exploring the background and evolutionary trends of various representative schools in the history of Marxist economic thought worldwide, analyzing them meticulously, objectively, and fairly. It also highlights the continuity and development of theoretical thoughts among classic writers and figures in different schools of Marxist economic thought, outlining the fundamental framework and evolutionary trends of the history of Marxist economic thought. This volume specifically discusses the history of Marxist economic thought in Japan, including: the introduction of socialist thought in the early Meiji period, the three major debates before World War II, the basic trajectory of the development of Japanese Marxist economics from the post-WWII era to the late 1980s, the formation of the Japan Economic Theory Society and its four major schools, the rise of the mathematical Marxist economics school in Japan, new developments in the study of the labor theory of value, research trends in the theory of surplus value, theoretical understanding of socialist market economy, and new dynamics in the study of Marxist economic thought in Japan. This volume specifically discusses the history of Marxist economic thought in Japan, including: the introduction of socialist thought in the early Meiji period, the three major debates before World War II, the basic trajectory of the development of Japanese Marxist economics from the post-WWII era to the late 1980s, etc.