Democracy in Post-War Japan assesses the development of democracy through the writings of the brilliant political thinker Maruyama Masao. The author explores the significance of Maruyama's notion of personal and social autonomy and its impact on the development of a distinctively Japanese democratic ideal.
Author(s): Rikki Kersten
Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1996
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Democracy in Postwar Japan: Maruyama Masao and the Search for Autonomy
Copyright
Contents
Series editor's preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
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2 Defeat and democracy in postwar Japan: The war responsibility debate
8.15: THE EVENT
THE OCCUPATION: WAR GUILT AS DEMOCRATIC PREREQUISITE
MARUYAMA MASAO AND WAR RESPONSIBILITY
WAR RESPONSIBILITY AS WAR GUILT
THE ONGOING DEBATE
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3 The search for autonomy: Maruyama Masao and the Japanese past
IMAGES OF THE JAPANESE PAST
MARUYAMA'S STUDIES: FEUDALISM, DYNAMISM AND CONTRADICTION
THE DYNAMICS OF THE DIALECTIC: SORAI AND NORINAGA
MEIJI MODERNITY: FEUDAL DYNAMISM IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
PROTEST AS AN EXPRESSION OF SOCIAL AUTONOMY: THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT
FUKUZAWA YUKICHI: THE LOGIC OF NATIONALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM
AUTONOMY: SOME OBSERVATIONS
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4 Maruyama, Marx and the shutaisei debate
MARXISM IN JAPAN
MARUYAMA AND THE YOUNG MARX
MARUYAMA, MANNHEIM AND THE PRIMACY OF THE SUBJECT
THE PHILOSOPHY OF AUTONOMY
THE SHUTAISEIDEBATE
UMEMOTO KATSUMI: THE PLEA FOR A WORLD VIEW
MARUYAMA MASAO: THE REINTERPRETATION OF MARXISM
AUTONOMY AS A UNIVERSAL VALUE
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5 Modernisation: The acquisition of autonomy
MODERNISATION: THE JAPANESE INTERPRETATION
MARUYAMA MASAO AND mE EAST-WEST PARADIGM
MODERNISATION AND THE OPEN SOCIETY
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6 Fascism: The antithesis of democracy
THEORIES OF FASCISM
THEORIES OF WARTIME JAPANESE FASCISM
MARUYAMA MASAO AND JAPANESE FASCISM
THE DYNAMICS OF FASCISM
FASCISM IN POSTWAR JAPAN
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7 Pacifism, autonomy and the logic of democracy
PACIFISM AND THE COLD WAR
PEACE AND DEMOCRACY: THE LOGIC OF JAPANESE PACIFISM
THE HEIWA MONDAI DANWAKAI
PACIFISM AS REALISM
PACIFISM AS PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE
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8 Democracy in crisis: The security treaty crisis of 1960
THE TREATY ISSUE: THE EXCUSE FOR A CRISIS
SECURITY OR DEMOCRACY?
THE POLITICAL CRISIS
THE DEMOCRATIC CRISIS
5.19 AND THE PROTECT DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGN
5.19 and 8.15
AFTER THE SHOUTING: ASSESSMENTS AND RECRIMINATIONS
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9 Conclusion
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Bibliographies
INTERVIEWS
MARUYAMA MASAO: SECONDARY SOURCES (ENGLISH)
MARUYAMA MASAO: SECONDARY SOURCES (JAPANESE)
PRIMARY SOURCES: ENGLISH
PRIMARY SOURCES: JAPANESE
SECONDARY SOURCES: ENGLISH
SECONDARY SOURCES: JAPANESE
Maruyama Masao: Critical bibliography
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