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Gurevich, P. S.
Reform VS Revolution
// Philosophy and Culture.
2013. № 7.
P. 883-888.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=62936
Gurevich, P. S. Reform VS Revolution
Abstract:
At the end of XIX century Japan was about to jump from feudalism into a modern world. How
would it be possible to perform such transformation in history? Experience of Europe mostly showed that it
would be impossible without a social revolution. As many social philosophers assumed, only a social revolution
could enable a fast shift from one socio-economic system to another. Of course social reformation was
also taken into account, but it was believed that only social revolution would break the ties of traditions.
From the political point of view, all revolutions need a destruction or neutralization of inner enemies as well
as forces incompatible with their historical orientation. A revolution would never be over unless that target
was achieved. At the end of the century Japan dreamt of coming back to the Emperor’s reign. As a famous
American researcher R. Benedict noted, Japanese tried to protect Japan from the influence of the other world
and come back to the golden epoch of X century when the government was not ‘shared’ by the Emperor
and Shogun. R. Benedict meant Meiji Restoration’s reforms (1867-1868) — so called bourgeois revolution in
Japan when the institution of ‘shared government’ was eliminated and the Emperor’s power was restored.
However, many Japanese did not like such outcome.
Keywords:
philosophy, reform, revolution, history, society, evolutionism, social studies, politics, management, economics.
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