Self-respect and independence of mind : the challenge of Fukuzawa Yukichi / Kitaoka Shinichi ; translated by James M. Vardaman = Dokuritsu jison : Fukuzawa Yukichi no chōsen / chosha Kitaoka Shin'ichi ; yakusha Jēmusu M. Bādaman.

Self-respect and independence of mind : the challenge of Fukuzawa Yukichi /

"It is said that Japan is currently experiencing its third opening to the outside world. However, in terms of importance, rather than the so-called second opening--which refers to the reforms following World War II--the more significant opening was that of the Meiji Restoration, initiated and c...

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Main Author: Kitaoka, Shin'ichi, 1948- (Author)
Other Authors: Vardaman, James M., 1947- (Translator)
Other title:Dokuritsu jison. English
独立自尊. English.
Colophon title: Dokuritsu jison : Fukuzawa Yukichi no chōsen.
Colophon title: 独立自尊 : 福沢諭吉の挑戦
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017.
Series:Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
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Table of Contents:
  • The Nakatsu period
  • Ogata's Tekijuku
  • Going to America
  • Learning about Europe
  • Condition in the West
  • Keio Gijuku
  • An encouragement of learning
  • An outline of a theory of civilization
  • Leaders of Meiji restoration and Fukuzawa Yukichi
  • "Discourse on the National Assembly" and the political crisis of 1881
  • Home and daily life
  • The Korean issue
  • Establishment of the cabinet system and treaty revision
  • The early diet and the Sino-Japanese War
  • Last years and death
  • Fukuzawa chronology.