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Episode 78 - The Sage of Mita
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2014
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Our topic this week is the Meiji intellectual Fukuzawa Yukichi. From the second son of a poor samurai family he rose to be one of Japan's most prominent intellectuals, and helped define what it meant for Japan to be a modern country. His influence was tremendous, but it also had a darker side; in his works lie the kernel of what would later become Japanese imperialism and ultra-nationalism.
Released:
Nov 22, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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