The private diplomacy of Shibusawa Eiichi : visionary entrepreneur and transnationalist of modern Japan

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The private diplomacy of Shibusawa Eiichi : visionary entrepreneur and transnationalist of modern Japan

by Shibusawa Masahide ; translated by the Center for Intercultural Communication

Renaissance Books, 2018

1st English ed

  • : hardback

タイトル別名

太平洋にかける橋 : 渋沢栄一の生涯

Taiheiyō ni kakeru hashi : Shibusawa Eiichi no Shōgai (Building bridges over the Pacific)

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"Original Japanese edition first published 1970 by the Yomiuri Shimbun"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-386) and index

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内容説明

"This book offers an account of the life of Shibusawa Eiichi, who may be considered the first 'internationalist' in modern Japan, written by his great grandson Masahide and published in 1970 under the title, Taiheiyo ni kakeru hashi (Building Bridges Over the Pacific). Japan had a tortuous relationship with internationalism between 1840, when Shibusawa was born, and 1931, the year the nation invaded Manchuria and when he passed away. The key to understanding Shibusawa's thoughts against the background of this history, the author shows, lies in the concept of 'people's diplomacy,' namely an approach to international relations through non-governmental connections. Such connections entail more transnational than international relations. In that sense, Shibusawa was more a transnationalist than an internationalist thinker. Internationalism presupposes the prior existence of sovereign states among which they cooperate to establish a peaceful order. The best examples are the League of Nations and the United Nations. Transnationalism, in contrast, goes beyond the framework of sovereign nations and promotes connections among individuals and non-governmental organizations. It could be called "globalism" in the sense that transnationalism aims at building bridges across the globe apart from independent nation-states. In that sense Shibusawa was a pioneering globalist. It was only in the 1990s that expressions like globalism and globalization came to be widely used. This was more than sixty years after Shibusawa Eiichi's death, which suggests how pioneering his thoughts were." [Akira Iriye]

目次

List of Figures Foreword by Akira Iriye Preface Chapter 1 Awakening to a Wider World Chapter 2 Launching Private-Sector Diplomacy Chapter 3 World Tour Before the Storm Chapter 4 Flattery without Scruple Chapter 5 Promoting Goodwill in the United States Chapter 6 The Roots of the Anti-Japanese Movement Chapter 7 Cultivating the Friendship of Giants Chapter 8 The Japanese-American Relations Committee Chapter 9 The Washington Naval Conference Chapter 10 The Sunset of Private-Sector Diplomacy Chapter 11 Rainbows over the Ocean References Index

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