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Making a moral society: ethics and the state in Meiji Japan

By Richard M , Reitan

Book information

Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780824832940, 9780824870591, 082487059X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3227753 bytes)
Pages
illustrations (black and white)\250
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Ethics;Ethics--Japan--History--19th century;Ethics

Description

Presents a study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) that explores the struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. This book considers the fluidity of moral subjectivity by juxtaposing rinrigaku texts with moral writings by religious apologists.

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