Author : David Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134833598
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science by : David Williams
Download or read book Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science written by David Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.