Encouragement of Learning

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 education to help Japan emerge as a modern nation. He believed human beings' treatment of one another extended to a government's behavior, echoing the work of John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and other Western thinkers in a classically structured Eastern text.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator's New Foreword and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Nishikawa ShunsakuA Note on the TextSection OneSection TwoSection ThreeSection FourSection FiveSection SixSection SevenSection EightSection NineSection TenSection ElevenSection TwelveSection ThirteenSection FourteenSection FifteenSection SixteenSection SeventeenAppendix: A Defense of Gakumon no SusumeAppendix: Chronology of Japanese History, with Special Reference to Fukuzawa Yukichi and An Encouragement of LearningAppendix: Fukuzawa Yukichi: Some Representative Writings and Further Reading Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835--1901) founded Keio University, the first private university in modern Japan, and was an engaged speaker and controversial journalist. His books include The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa and Conditions in the West.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Fukuzawa, Yukichi Fukuzawa
• Mitarbeit: David Dilworth (Übersetzung), David A. Dilworth (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 17.12.2013
• EAN: 9780231167147
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16714-7
• Seiten: 192
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Political science & theory, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Political science and theory, Japanese history; education; international relations