LEADER 04079oam 2200697I 450 001 9910461818403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-52104-0 010 $a9786613833495 010 $a0-203-11922-3 010 $a1-136-31379-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203119228 035 $a(CKB)2670000000230897 035 $a(EBL)987929 035 $a(OCoLC)804661720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000696213 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12227075 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000696213 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10681405 035 $a(PQKB)11462014 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC987929 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL987929 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10589094 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL383349 035 $a(OCoLC)808675195 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000230897 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNationalism, political realism and democracy in Japan $ethe thought of Masao Maruyama /$fFumiko Sasaki 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;$v41 225 0$aRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;$v41 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-85736-X 311 $a0-415-69152-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations of the books/collections of Masao Maruyama; 1 Introduction: Masao Maruyama; Maruyama and Japan's unarmed neutrality; The composition of this book and key concepts examined; Maruyama and his roles in Japanese history; 2 Analyzing the causes of the Fifteen Year War; The war and the defeat; Bedrock of national security - nationalism; An analysis of the causes of the war; Conduit to national security - political realism; 3 Creating modern man: The basis of national security; Pre-WWII ethics - Confucianism 327 $aModernization of ethicsNew concept of reality; 4 Establishing political realism: Guidance to national security; Raison d'e?tat in international politics; Logic of politics - the behavioral principles for a modern state; Pragmatism as political realism; Maruyama's political realism and Japan; 5 Advocating unarmed neutrality; Japanese independence in crisis; Principles Japan must follow; Cold War reinterpreted; Unarmed neutrality: a failed alternative; 6 Defending democracy: A prerequisite of national security; Independent Japan and the security issue; Maruyama and the crisis 327 $aAn appraisal of Maruyama in the crisisDemocracy in Japan; 7 Conclusion: Predicting the second defeat; Maruyama failed; Maruyama and the second defeat; Notes; Select bibliography; Index 330 $aMasao Maruyama was the most influential and respected political thinker in post-WWII Japan. He believed that the collective mentality, inherent in the traditional Japanese way of thinking, was a key reason for the defeat in WWII and was convinced that such thought needed to be modernized. In this book Fumiko Sasaki argues that the cause of the prolonged political, economic and social decline in Japan since the early 1990s can be explained by the same characteristics Maruyama identified after 1945. Using Maruyama's thought Sasaki explores how the Japanese people see their role 410 0$aRoutledge Contemporary Japan Series 606 $aPolitical science$zJapan$xPhilosophy$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNational security$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1945- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory 615 0$aNational security 676 $a355/.033052 700 $aSasaki$b Fumiko$f1964-,$0966282 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461818403321 996 $aNationalism, political realism and democracy in Japan$92192995 997 $aUNINA