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最新の英語版で贈る福澤諭吉の名著
▼2008年の慶應義塾創立150年、2009年の福澤諭吉生誕175 年を記念して創刊された’The Thought of Fukuzawa’(福澤の思想)シリーズ第1冊目。
近代日本を啓蒙し、先導した思想家の1人である福澤諭吉の著作を、海外の読者に向けて、英訳で刊行する。

▼第1巻は、An Outline of a Theory of Civilization(『文明論之概略』)。
福澤の精神と思索力が最も充実した壮年期の著作(1875年刊行)で、最高傑作の1つと名高い。
日本と西洋の文明を比較し徹底的に検討したこの文明論は、近代日本の政治や社会を考察するうえで不可欠の書物と言われている。

In An Outline of a Theory of Civilization， Fukuzawa’s purpose is to demonstrate how Japan needed to change in order to become a strong nation state capable of retaining its independence. Using a wide range of historical evidence and many humorous examples， he argues that the key differences separating Western countries from Japan， and Asia as a while， involve not material culture， but the extent to which people act as free and responsible individuals. (Excerpt from the back cover of An Outline of a Theory of Civilization.)
著者について
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David A. Dilworth (1934- ) is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York， Stony Brook. He earned his Ph.D.s from Fordham University and Columbia University. His publication includes Philosophy in World Perspective: A Comparative Hermeneutic of the Major Theories (Yale University Press， 1989)， Sourcebook for Modern Japanese Philosophy: Selected Documents (editor; Greenwood， 1998)， translations of Fukuzawa’s An Encouragement of Learning (with Hirano Umeyo; Sophia University Press) and Nishida Kitaro’s Last Writings: Nothingness and the Religious Worldview (University of Hawaii Press， 1987).
G. Cameron Hurst， III (1941- ) is Professor of Japanese and Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of its Center for East Asian Studies. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University， and has extensively contributed to collected volumes， periodicals and newspapers including Cambridge History of Japan， volume two (Cambridge University Press， 1999). He is the author of Insei: Abdicated Sovereigns in the Politics of Late Heian Japan， 1086-1185 (Columbia University Press， 1976) and Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery (Yale University Press， 1998).