Localizing Liberalism in Post-war Japan: Masao Maruyama’s Eclectic Theory of Nationalist Liberalism

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Brief Overview

By examining Masao Maruyama’s idea of nationalist liberalism, this study illustrates how he tried to localize Western liberalism on Japanese soil during the post-war era, when the wartime trauma still remained and democracy was imposed from outside.

Author

• Minhyeok Kim, Indiana University Bloomington