The Tools of Western Civilization in Fukuzawa Yukichi’s Travel Notes - Focusing on "Seiyo Jijo" and "Seiyo Ryoko Annai" - أدوات الحضارة الغربية في مذكرات السفر لفوكوزاوا يوكيتشي مع التركيز على "أحوال الغرب" و "دليل السفر إلى الغرب" 福澤諭吉の見聞記における西洋文明の利器―『西洋事情』と『西洋旅行案内』を中心に―
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: One of the challenges that Japan faced in the 19th century was how to react and accept the impact of western military power and civilization.In particular, Japan was forced to face new order and knowledge which were completely different from those in traditional Japanese society, specifically modern natural sciences such as Western medicine, physics, astronomy and mathematics, which differ from Japanese traditional literary knowledge which has taken root in the hearts of the Japanese.There was an area in which thinkers of Enlightenment could play an active role.Among them, Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) who is considered one of the representatives of Japanese modernization.The influence of Fukuzawa, from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period, has been extensive in education, economy and politics.He played an important and comprehensive role in shaping modernization in Japan.This paper is an attempt to grasp a characteristic of Japanese modernization by tracing the Fukuzawa's methods of introducing the tools of civilization to the Japanese in his writings "Seiyo Jijo" (1866)and "Seiyo Ryoko Annai"(1867).The author examines these travel notes, tracing Fukuzawa's interests in tools of modern civilization.In addition, the author explores the criteria of Fukuzawa in introducing these tools to the Japanese, and his evaluation of the western civilization in general.This study is divided into two chapters.In the first chapter, the author summarizes the previous studies concerning the travel notes of Fukuzawa, specifically the ones that dealt with his evaluation of the tools of modern civilization.In the second chapter, the author examines Fukuzawa's views of the West in his writings, namely "Seiyo Jijo", and "Seiyo Ryoko Annai".By examining Fukuzawa's introduction of the tools of modern civilization, using unique illumination methodologies, a characteristic of Japanese modernization at the end of the Tokugawa period and the beginning of the Meiji period will be clear.The first characteristic of Fukuzawa
Source: Risālaẗ Al-Mašriq
Author: حسن كامل حرب
Institution: Cairo University
Language: Arabic
Topic: Japanese History and Culture
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4318812290