IAH 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Meirokusha, Meiji Restoration, Fukuzawa Yukichi
27 Oct 2016
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The powerbrokers were unable to cope with the crisis. The us governments became more interested in japan after acquiring california, main focus was on nagasaki. The quest for a modern state (1868-1880) How to interact with the western (getting rid of the western power) Japan(cid:495)s struggle to create a powerful nation by creating a modern state. Learn to incorporate the western culture as they realize that it won(cid:495)t simply go. Born into a low ranking samurai family in osaka. His father died when he was just 18months old. Moved to san francisco in 1860 and became a translator. An outline of a theory of civilization (1875) The reason for fukuzawa to bring forth galileo. Lack of courage to raise doubts (ibid. , 700) Conformity reduces individuals to slaves of customs (ibid. , 700) Enjoy the free play without being confined to old customs blindly (ibid. , 700) )nvent (cid:498)the principles of invention itself(cid:499) (cid:523)ibid. , (cid:889)(cid:882)(cid:883)(cid:524)
