Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-11131-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

The central argument of Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science is that Eurocentric blindness is not a moral but a scientific failing. In this wide-ranging critique of Western social science, Anglo-American philosophy and French theory, Williams works on the premise that Japan is the most important political system of our time. He explains why social scientists have been so keen to ignore or denigrate Japan's achievements. If social science is to meet the needs of the `Pacific Century', it requires a sustained act of intellectual demolition and subsequent renewal.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Japanese conventions and English usage Part I Japan: the splendour of its prime 1 Japan and the European political canon 2 Where are the masters? Part II Japanese greatness and the European inheritance Science 3 Positivism 4 Empiricism 5 Orientalism Words 6 Languages 7 Criticism 8 Readers 9 Philosophies 10 Thinkers 11 Classics Part III On classic ground 12 Japan and the end of political scientific marginality: the argument restated

Über Autor(innen)

David Williams is Senior Research Fellow in Japanese Politics at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. He is the author of Japan: Beyond the End of History (Routledge 1994).