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Book SynopsisA 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 st
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE, pg. vii*AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH EDITION, pg. xv*I. Introduction: The Formation of Tokugawa Confucianism, pg. 3*II. The Chu Hsi Mode of Thought and Its Dissolution, pg. 19*III. The Unique Characteristics of the Sorai School, pg. 69*IV. The Sorai School's Relationship to National Learning, Especially to the Norinaga School, pg. 135*V. Conclusion, pg. 177*I. The Problem, pg. 189*II. Chu Hsi Philosophy and the Idea of Natural Order, pg. 195*III. The Sorai School Revolution, pg. 206*IV. The Historical Significance of the Transition from Nature to Invention, pg. 223*V. The Logic of Invention as Developed by Shoefa and Norinaga, pg. 239*VI. Further Developments and Stagnation in the Bakumatsu Period, pg. 274*I. Introduction: The Nation and Nationalism, pg. 323*II. National Consciousness under Tokugawa Feudalism, pg. 327*III. Varieties of Premodern Nationalism, pg. 341*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 369*Index, pg. 375
