Translating the West : language and political reason in nineteenth-century Japan

Translating the West : language and political reason in nineteenth-century Japan /

In this rich and absorbing analysis of the transformation of political thought in nineteenth-century Japan, Douglas Howland examines the transmission to Japan of key concepts--liberty, rights, sovereignty, and society--from Western Europe and the United States. Because Western political concepts did...

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Main Author: Howland, Douglas, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2002]
©2002
Subjects:
1800-1899
Political science > Japan > History > 19th century.
Liberalism > Japan > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Civilization > Western influences
Liberalism
Political science
Taal.
Politiek.
Japan > Civilization > Western influences.
Japon > Civilisation > Influence occidentale.
Japan
History
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