Title: The Comparison of Ideological Enlightenments between China and Japan in Modern History
Abstract: Before entering the modern history,both China and Japan are less developed countries in the East Asia.Therefore,the modern ideological enlightenments in two countries share many things in common,with such characteristics as clear opening-up concepts and political goals aiming to awake people's consciousness of their nations and countries.The enlightenment is also a process in which people in two countries began to understand the Western civilization from the surface to the center,with the focuses on the criticism of ideological absolutism and the old ethics and the introduction of the Western capitalist political concepts.In addition,individual independence is associated with national independence and prosperity.However,due to the different national situations,there ares everal differences in the enlightenments in such aspects as the duration,the breadth and depth of the influence on the whole society as well as the participation of the government and the people.The above differences have profound influences on the development of the modern history in both countries.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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