Why aren't there any great Japanese thinkers?
I was talking with my host parents last night, and I don't really remember why, but we started talking about famous people. Then it occured to me that there aren't great thinkers in the history of this country.
Task for my readers: go back 200 years in Japanese history, and try to find a great thinker.
They haven't really had a civil war in over 1000 years, and even during the Seinan Sensou (Satsuma Rebellion) all that emerger were fighters. No really thinkers.
I think I will email Mr. Curry and see what he thinks.
Peter
posted by Peter @ 10:48 AM
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The political scientist Fuyukama, or for the author Kawabata, or Kurosawa.
12 Japanese have won the Nobel Prize, in all fields: chem, physics, peace, medicine and literature. Not too shabby. And as they are not Europeans, where the prizes are awarded, that's extra good.
the political scientist is Francis Fukuyama, but he's American born and educated.
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