Kei Hiruta
Biographic Data
| ID | 449764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kei Hiruta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kei |
| FAMILY NAME | Hiruta |
| SIGNATURE | HIRUTA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9668-4704 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Methodology, comparison and humanity: A reply to Otobe, Futai and Yamaoka
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Fukuzawa Yukichi's Liberal Nationalism
Discussing An Outline of a Theory of Civilization by the Japanese thinker Fukuzawa Yukichi, this essay shows how theorists of liberal nationalism might draw on "non-Western" theoretical resources to enrich their normative ideas and better appreciate their own tradition. I argue that Fukuzawa's work represents an alternative strand of liberal nationalism that complements its mainstream counterpart pioneered by David Miller, Yael Tamir, and others.…
Moral Conflict and Political Obligation in (Highly) Non-ideal Conditions
Value Pluralism, Realism and Pessimism
Value pluralists see themselves as philosophical grown-ups. They profess to face reality as it is and accept resultant pessimism, while criticising their monist rivals for holding on to the naïve idea that the right, the good and the beautiful are ultimately harmonisable with each other. The aim of this essay is to challenge this self-image of value pluralists. Notwithstanding its usefulness as a means of subverting monist dominance, I argue that…
An ‘anti-utopian age: Isaiah Berlin’s England, Hannah Arendt’s America, and utopian thinking in dark times
This essay challenges the influential view that Isaiah Berlin and Hannah Arendt played a central role in inaugurating an 'anti-utopian age'. While the two thinkers certainly did their share to discredit the radical utopian inclination to portray a political blueprint in the abstract, I show that neither was straightforwardly anti-utopian. On the contrary, both thinkers' writings display a different kind of utopian thinking, consisting in an imagi…
The Meaning and Value of Freedom: Berlin contra Arendt
This essay considers the theoretical disagreement between Isaiah Berlin and Hannah Arendt on the meaning and value of freedom. Berlin thinks that negative liberty as non-interference is commendable because it is attuned to the implication of value pluralism that man is a choice-making creature and cannot be otherwise. By contrast, the political freedom to act is in Arendt’s view a more fulfilling ideal because it is only in political action that …
Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal
Arie Dubnov, author of the new intellectual biography of Isaiah Berlin, gets one big thing right: despite all the virtues it has, Michael Ignatieff’s authorised biography, Isaiah Berlin: A Life, is
An ‘anti-utopian age: Isaiah Berlin’s England, Hannah Arendt’s America, and utopian thinking in dark times
This essay challenges the influential view that Isaiah Berlin and Hannah Arendt played a central role in inaugurating an 'anti-utopian age'. While the two thinkers certainly did their share to discredit the radical utopian inclination to portray a political blueprint in the abstract, I show that neither was straightforwardly anti-utopian. On the contrary, both thinkers' writings display a different kind of utopian thinking, consisting in an imagi…
The Meaning and Value of Freedom: Berlin contra Arendt
This essay considers the theoretical disagreement between Isaiah Berlin and Hannah Arendt on the meaning and value of freedom. Berlin thinks that negative liberty as non-interference is commendable because it is attuned to the implication of value pluralism that man is a choice-making creature and cannot be otherwise. By contrast, the political freedom to act is in Arendt’s view a more fulfilling ideal because it is only in political action that …
Fukuzawa Yukichi's Liberal Nationalism
Discussing An Outline of a Theory of Civilization by the Japanese thinker Fukuzawa Yukichi, this essay shows how theorists of liberal nationalism might draw on "non-Western" theoretical resources to enrich their normative ideas and better appreciate their own tradition. I argue that Fukuzawa's work represents an alternative strand of liberal nationalism that complements its mainstream counterpart pioneered by David Miller, Yael Tamir, and others.…
The Meaning and Value of Freedom: Berlin contra Arendt
This essay considers the theoretical disagreement between Isaiah Berlin and Hannah Arendt on the meaning and value of freedom. Berlin thinks that negative liberty as non-interference is commendable because it is attuned to the implication of value pluralism that man is a choice-making creature and cannot be otherwise. By contrast, the political freedom to act is in Arendt’s view a more fulfilling ideal because it is only in political action that …
Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal
Arie Dubnov, author of the new intellectual biography of Isaiah Berlin, gets one big thing right: despite all the virtues it has, Michael Ignatieff’s authorised biography, Isaiah Berlin: A Life, is
An ‘anti-utopian age: Isaiah Berlin’s England, Hannah Arendt’s America, and utopian thinking in dark times
This essay challenges the influential view that Isaiah Berlin and Hannah Arendt played a central role in inaugurating an 'anti-utopian age'. While the two thinkers certainly did their share to discredit the radical utopian inclination to portray a political blueprint in the abstract, I show that neither was straightforwardly anti-utopian. On the contrary, both thinkers' writings display a different kind of utopian thinking, consisting in an imagi…
Moral Conflict and Political Obligation in (Highly) Non-ideal Conditions
Value Pluralism, Realism and Pessimism
Value pluralists see themselves as philosophical grown-ups. They profess to face reality as it is and accept resultant pessimism, while criticising their monist rivals for holding on to the naïve idea that the right, the good and the beautiful are ultimately harmonisable with each other. The aim of this essay is to challenge this self-image of value pluralists. Notwithstanding its usefulness as a means of subverting monist dominance, I argue that…
Methodology, comparison and humanity: A reply to Otobe, Futai and Yamaoka
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Fukuzawa Yukichi's Liberal Nationalism
Discussing An Outline of a Theory of Civilization by the Japanese thinker Fukuzawa Yukichi, this essay shows how theorists of liberal nationalism might draw on "non-Western" theoretical resources to enrich their normative ideas and better appreciate their own tradition. I argue that Fukuzawa's work represents an alternative strand of liberal nationalism that complements its mainstream counterpart pioneered by David Miller, Yael Tamir, and others.…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)