A comprehensive study of changing political thought during the Tokugawa period, the book traces the philosophical roots of Japanese modernization. Professor Maruyama describes the role of Sorai Confucianism and Norinaga Shintoism in breaking the stagnant confines of Chu Hsi Confucianism, the underlying political philosophy of the Tokugawa feudal state. He shows how the new schools of thought created an intellectual climate in which the ideas and practices of modernization could thrive.
Originally published in 1975.
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- ISBN10 0691008329
- ISBN13 9780691008325
- Publish Date 21 May 1989 (first published 21 March 1975)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 January 1999
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 383
- Language English
- URL https://press.princeton.edu/titles/1537.html