Translating the West: Language and Political Reason in Nineteenth-Century Japan 9780824842727

In this rich and absorbing analysis of the transformation of political thought in nineteenth-century Japan, Douglas Howl

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Translating the West: Language and Political Reason in Nineteenth-Century Japan
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Conventions
1. Introduction
2. The Project of Enlightened Civilization
3. Translation Techniques and Language
4. Constructing Liberty
5. Differentiating Right and Sovereignty
6. Representing the People, Imagining Society
7. Conclusion
Notes
Glossary of Translation Words
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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