Meiji Restoration and the origins of Japanese Marxism

Authors

  • Gustavo Fonseca Universidade Federal Fluminense

Keywords:

Marxism, Meiji Restoration, Political Theory

Abstract

Marxism arrived in Japan in a very complicated moment of its history: fascism was ascending through Hirohito and the country’s imperialism was getting stronger by the day in the lands around the archipelago. With a population extremely reprehended by systems created for that porpoise, the Japanese Communist Party was leading the Marxist studies to free its people. A separation within the party happened, though, and two groups were created: Rono-ha and Koza-ha, disagreeing with each other about theorizing whether the Meiji Restoration can be considered the Japanese bourgeoise revolution or not. Here, I’ll mainly use Germaine A. Hoston’s paper that guides the history of this theoretical conflict to introduce the origins of Marxism in Japan.

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Published

2025-01-24

How to Cite

Meiji Restoration and the origins of Japanese Marxism. (2025). Revista Cantareira, 1(39). https://periodicos.uff.br/cantareira/article/view/53916