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Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science

By David Williams

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1995
ISBN
0415111307, 9780415111300
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1332527 bytes)
Series
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Pages
368\363
Time added
2015-04-10 20:35:04

Description

The central argument of Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science is that Eurocentric blindness is not a moral but a scientific failing. In this wide-ranging critique of Western social science, Anglo-American philosophy and French theory, Williams works on the premise that Japan is the most important political system of our time. He explains why social scientists have been so keen to ignore or denigrate Japan's achievements. If social science is to meet the needs of the `Pacific Century', it requires a sustained act of intellectual demolition and subsequent renewal.

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