II. The Chu Hsi Mode of Thought and Its Dissolution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE vii
4. AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH EDITION xv
5. Part I. The Sorai School: Its Role in the Disintegration of Tokugawa Confucianism and Its Impact on National Learning
6. I. Introduction: The Formation of Tokugawa Confucianism 3
7. II. The Chu Hsi Mode of Thought and Its Dissolution 19
8. III. The Unique Characteristics of the Sorai School 69
9. IV. The Sorai School's Relationship to National Learning, Especially to the Norinaga School 135
10. V. Conclusion 177
11. Part II. Nature and Invention in Tokugawa Political Thought: Contrasting Institutional Views
12. I. The Problem 189
13. II. Chu Hsi Philosophy and the Idea of Natural Order 195
14. III. The Sorai School Revolution 206
15. IV. The Historical Significance of the Transition from Nature to Invention 223
16. V. The Logic of Invention as Developed by Shoefa and Norinaga 239
17. VI. Further Developments and Stagnation in the Bakumatsu Period 274
18. Part III. The Premodern Formation of Nationalism
19. I. Introduction: The Nation and Nationalism 323
20. II. National Consciousness under Tokugawa Feudalism 327
21. III. Varieties of Premodern Nationalism 341
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 369
23. Index 375