Translating the West : language and political reason in nineteenth-century Japan

Author(s)

• Howland, Douglas

Bibliographic Information

Translating the West : language and political reason in nineteenth-century Japan

Douglas R. Howland

University of Hawaiʿi Press, c2002

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-279) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This analysis of of the transformation of political thought in 19th century Japan examines the transmission to Japan of key concepts - liberty, rights, sovereignty, and society from Western Europe and the US. The Japanese had to invent terminology to engage Western political thought.

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Details

• NCID: BA53873807
• ISBN:
  • 0824824113
  • 0824824628
• LCCN: 2001035134
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Honolulu
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 292 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JA84
  • DC21 : 320/.0952/09034
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Political science -- Japan -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Liberalism -- Japan -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Japan -- Civilization -- Western influences