Nationalism, Political Realism And Democracy In Japan

In this book, Fumiko Sasaki analyses Japanese nationalism, political realism and democracy through the thought of Masao Maruyama, a political scholar and a champion of modernization and democratization in post-WWII Japan. This book solves the puzzle of how Maruyama, a teacher of political realism wh [...]
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In this book, Fumiko Sasaki analyses Japanese nationalism, political realism and democracy through the thought of Masao Maruyama, a political scholar and a champion of modernization and democratization in post-WWII Japan. This book solves the puzzle of how Maruyama, a teacher of political realism who emphasizes the importance of power and its calculation in politics could insist on the policy of unarmed neutrality for Japan's national security. Sasaki also considers what the essence of national security is and how much it has been forgotten in current Japanese political thought.Despite being Japan 's most influential Post WWII thinker there are few English language books available on Maruyama and his thought on national security, therefore this book will be an essential resource for scholars of Japanese Politics and Political Thought.