Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
日本倫理思想史（一） (岩波文庫)
Tetsuro Watsuji's "History of Japanese Ethical Thought" is a major work that treats Japanese ethical thought from myth, the ritsuryo state, warrior society, early modern thought, and the transformations of modernity. It interprets Japanese ideas of communal life, the state, and human relations through concrete historical development.
Work Information
This major work by Tetsuro Watsuji traces the development of Japanese ethical thought from myth to modernity within the depth of history.
"History of Japanese Ethical Thought" is one of Tetsuro Watsuji's representative works and won the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award. The Iwanami Bunko edition is published in four volumes: volume one has ISBN 9784003811054, volume two 9784003811061, volume three 9784003811078, and volume four 9784003811085. This payload uses the first volume's identifier while making clear that the work is a four-volume set.
Review Summaries
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The book is introduced as one of Watsuji's major works alongside "Ethics," and is read for its tracing of Japanese ethical views through myth, the ritsuryo order, and warrior society. Its distinction lies in joining historical narrative with philosophical concern.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 岩波書店
- Published
- 2011-04-16
- Pages
- 448 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- Size
- 10.5 x 1.4 x 15 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9784003811054
- ISBN-10
- 4003811054
- Price
- 1122 JPY
- Category
- 本/人文・思想
『倫理学』と並ぶ和辻哲郎の主著。古代から近代に至る倫理思想の展開とそれを支える社会構造の変遷を、宗教から文学まで視野に収めた壮大なスケールで描き出す試みは、日本思想の通史としていまだ唯一のもの。戦後まもない1952年に刊行された本書は、これ自体が近代日本の思惟の可能性と困難を照らす生きた史料である。（注・解説=木村純二）（全4冊）