Making a Moral Society : : Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan / / Richard M Reitan.
This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. In the Social Darwinist atmosphere of the time, the Japanese state sought to quell uprisings and overcome social disruptions so as to produce national u...
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Reitan, Richard M, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Making a Moral Society : Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan / Richard M Reitan. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2009] ©2009 1 online resource (256 p.) : 4 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Civilization and Foolishness: Contextualizing Ethics in Early Meiji Japan -- 2. The Epistemology of Rinrigaku -- 3. Rinrigaku and Religion: The Formation and Fluidity of Moral Subjectivity -- 4. Resisting Civilizational Hierarchies: The Ethics of Spirit and the Spirit of the People -- 5. Approaching the Moral Ideal: National Morality, the State, and "Dangerous Thought" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. In the Social Darwinist atmosphere of the time, the Japanese state sought to quell uprisings and overcome social disruptions so as to produce national unity and defend its sovereignty against Western encroachment. Morality became a crucial means to attain these aims. Moral prescriptions for re-ordering the population came from all segments of society, including Buddhist, Christian, and Confucian apologists; literary figures and artists; advocates of natural rights; anarchists; and women defending nontraditional gender roles. Each envisioned a unity grounded in its own moral perspective. It was in this tumultuous atmosphere that the academic discipline of ethics (rinrigaku) emerged-not as a value-neutral, objective form of inquiry as its practitioners claimed, but a state-sponsored program with its own agenda.After examining the broad moral space of "civilization," Richard Reitan turns to the dominant moral theories of early Meiji and the underlying epistemology that shaped and authorized them. He considers the fluidity of moral subjectivity (the constantly shifting nature of norms to which we are subject and how we apprehend, resist, or practice them) by juxtaposing rinrigaku texts with moral writings by religious apologists. By the beginning of the 1890s, moral philosophers in Japan were moving away from the empiricism and utilitarianism of the prior decade and beginning to place "spirit" at the center of ethical inquiry. This shift is explored through the works of two thinkers, Inoue Tetsujiro (1856-1944) and Nakashima Rikizo (1858-1918), the first chair of ethics at Tokyo Imperial University. Finally, Reitan takes a detailed look at the national morality movement (kokumin dotoku) and its close association with the state before concluding with an outline of some conceptual linkages between the Meiji and later periods.With its highly original thesis, clear and sound methodology, and fluid prose, Making a Moral Society will be welcomed by scholars and students of both Japanese intellectual history and ethics in general. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Ethics Japan History 19th century. Ethics Japan History 20th century. PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013 9783110564143 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110663259 print 9780824832940 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824837686 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824837686 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824837686/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Civilization and Foolishness: Contextualizing Ethics in Early Meiji Japan -- 2. The Epistemology of Rinrigaku -- 3. Rinrigaku and Religion: The Formation and Fluidity of Moral Subjectivity -- 4. Resisting Civilizational Hierarchies: The Ethics of Spirit and the Spirit of the People -- 5. Approaching the Moral Ideal: National Morality, the State, and "Dangerous Thought" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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