Academic Factionalism in Japan

The Case of the Tōdai Economics Department, 1919-1939

Bibliographic Data

ID3624348
AuthorsByron K Marshall (University of Minnesota, corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume12
Issue4
Pages529-551
Publication date1978-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026749x00006314
OpenAlexW2125858066
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited13

In the conventional rhetoric of Japanese social criticism, factionalism is an endemic condition caused by the lingering heritage of feudalism. Much the same kind of charges familiar in the political arena are common to discussions regarding cliques within the Japanese academic world, although there is almost no detailed research directly on the latter subject in Western languages. The following attempts to explicate one outstanding prewar example of factional strife in Japan's most prestigious university, the case of the Department of Economics at Tokyo Imperial University. It has been chosen for three reasons: (1) the Economics faculty were among the most deeply involved intellectuals in the dramatic prewar struggles over academic freedom; (2) the charge of factionalism has been raised explicitly and repeatedly by participants as well as others; and (3) the issues over which the struggle raged as well as many of the personalities have continued to be of significance in Japanese politics and within the universities down to the present. Because of its significance, there is available far more information than is common on such intramural factionalism

Criticism · Economic history · Feudalism · Personality psychology · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Theology · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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