Yukichi Fukuzawa rose from low samurai origins to become one of the finest intellectuals and social thinkers of modern Japan. Through his best-selling works, he helped transform an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged international force. In Outline of a Theory of Civilization, the author's most sustained philosophical text, Fukuzawa translates and adapts a range of West...
Yukichi Fukuzawa rose from low samurai origins to become one of the finest intellectuals and social thinkers of modern Japan. Through his best-selling works, he helped transform an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged international force. In Outline of a Theory of Civilization, the author's most sustained philosophical text, Fukuzawa translates and adapts a range of Western works for a Japanese audience, establishing the social, cultural, and political avenues through which Japan could connect with other countries. Echoing the ideas of Western contemporaries such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, Fukuzawa encouraged a grassroots elevation of the individual and national spirit, as well as free initiative in the private domain. Fukuzawa's bold project articulated thoughts that, for him, bolstered the material evidence of Western civilization. He argued that the essential difference separating Western countries from Japan and Asia was the extent to which citizens acted like free and responsible individuals. This careful new translation, accompanied by a comprehensive critical introduction, highlights the truly transnational aspects of Outline of a Theory of Civilization and its status as a foundational text of modern Japanese civilization. Approaching Fukuzawa's progressive thought with a fresh eye, these scholars elucidate the monumental and peerless quality of his work.
An Outline of a Theory of Civilization的创作者
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福泽谕吉 作者
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0 有用 小驿 2017-07-05 13:54:11
福泽此书对日本之后的发展影响显而易见，因此作为一个中国人很难以一个完全客观的立场来接受文章中的一些论点。但总的来说这本书的大半篇幅的立场还是比较中肯的，更何况作为一个观念保守饱受欺凌的后发国家，富国强军不破不立或许是自决的必经之路。把福泽和像康梁甚至凯末尔这些人物比较也有点意思
0 有用 小驿 2017-07-05 13:54:11
福泽此书对日本之后的发展影响显而易见，因此作为一个中国人很难以一个完全客观的立场来接受文章中的一些论点。但总的来说这本书的大半篇幅的立场还是比较中肯的，更何况作为一个观念保守饱受欺凌的后发国家，富国强军不破不立或许是自决的必经之路。把福泽和像康梁甚至凯末尔这些人物比较也有点意思