An encouragement of learning / Fukuzawa Yukichi ; translated by David A. Dilworth ; introduction by Nishikawa Shunsaku.
The intellectual and social theorist Yukichi Fukuzawa wrote An Encouragement of Learning (1872?1876) as a series of pamphlets as he completed his critical masterpiece, An Outline of a Theory of Civilization (1875). Closely linked, the two texts illustrate the core tenets of Fukuzawa's theoretic...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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New York :
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[2012]
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | The intellectual and social theorist Yukichi Fukuzawa wrote An Encouragement of Learning (1872?1876) as a series of pamphlets as he completed his critical masterpiece, An Outline of a Theory of Civilization (1875). Closely linked, the two texts illustrate the core tenets of Fukuzawa's theoretical outlook: freedom and equality as inherent to human nature, independence as the goal of any individual and nation, and the transformation of the Japanese mind as key to moving forward in a rapidly evolving political and cultural landscape. Fukuzawa called for the adoption of Western modes of ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 156 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231536615 9780231536615 |