Self-respect and independence of mind
Subtitle: the challenge of Fukuzawa Yukichi
By: Kitaoka Shinichi ; translated by James M. Vardaman
Contributors: Vardaman, James M., 1947- translator
Series: Japan library; Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9784916055620
Subjects: Biography; Educators
Other titles: Dokuritsu jison :
Work titles: Dokuritsu jison
Description: "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 carried out by the Japanese themselves. Consequently, as Japan today finds itself feeling trapped with a sense of despair, it is to the Meiji era that we should turn, and more than to anyone else, the person we should turn to is Fukuzawa Yukichi. With the general reader in mind, this volume brings together the results of the present-day research into the accomplishments of Fukuzawa as part of an overall appraisal of the man himself"--Back cover.
Notes: Translation from Japanese of: Dokuritsu jison : Fukuzawa Yukichi no chōsen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-324).

Text translated into English from Japanese.
Table of contents: title: The Nakatsu period; title: Ogata's Tekijuku; title: Going to America; title: Learning about Europe; title: Condition in the West; title: Keio Gijuku; title: An encouragement of learning; title: An outline of a theory of civilization; title: Leaders of Meiji restoration and Fukuzawa Yukichi; title: "Discourse on the National Assembly" and the political crisis of 1881; title: Home and daily life; title: The Korean issue; title: Establishment of the cabinet system and treaty revision; title: The early diet and the Sino-Japanese War; title: Last years and death; title: Fukuzawa chronology.