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ISBN: 978 0 7734 5151 3
Format: Hardback
Pages: 404
List price(s): 79.95 GBP
Publication date: 30 April 2008
Investigates the foundation of the thought of Uchimura Kanzo against the backdrop of rigorous socio-political transition and modernization as part of a deeper investigation into the significance of the indigenous Japanese tradition.
List of Illustrations; Foreword by Colin Mackerras; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Development of Ezo: A Vision of New Japan; 2 Sapporo Agricultural College and the Formation of Uchimura Kanzo's Thought; 3 The Unity of Thought and Action (1884-1888); 4 Advent of a Meiji Prophet; 5 The Way of Christian Samurai; 6 The Triadic Concept: the Foundation of Uchimura's Thought and the Japanese; Worldview; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Hiroko Willcock is Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, Australia. She received her Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Queensland, Australia.