Japan and the enemies of open political science /
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, David, 1948 July 19- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1996. |
| Description: | xxvii, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2956695 |
| Summary: | The central argument of Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science is that Eurocentric blindness is not a moral but a scientific failing. In this wide-ranging critique of Western social science, Anglo-American philosophy and French theory, Williams works on the premise that Japan is the most important political system of our time. He explains why social scientists have been so keen to ignore or denigrate Japan's achievements. If social science is to meet the needs of the `Pacific Century', it requires a sustained act of intellectual demolition and subsequent renewal. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvii, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-312) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415111307 0415111315 |