Civilization and Enlightenment: The Early Thought of Fukuzawa Yukichi

by Albert M. Craig

The idea that society progresses through stages of development, from savagery to civilization, arose in eighteenth-century Europe. Albert Craig traces how Fukuzawa Yukichi, deeply influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment, "translated" the idea for Japanese society, both enriching and challenging the concept.

Fukuzawa, an official in the Tokugawa government, saw his career collapse when the shogunate ended in 1867. Reinventing himself as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674031083
• ISBN13: 9780674031081
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"