Knowledge from Outside

Many cultures have had knowledge imposed from outside, whether by force or for reasons of power, to the detriment of their own endogenous knowledge and the wisdom developed throughout their history. Would Japan's acquisition of Western knowledge have led but to the development of a lesser know-how, devoid of meaning or sense, or even of knowledge which it might be better to ignore? Far from benefiting from an endogenous development or a modernization respectful of beings and of their environment, the developing countries that superficially adopt this unilateral knowledge undergo a type of ‘self-colonization’. Although concurring with biologist Keiko Nakamura's theory that scientific attitudes must be studied from within, Masahiro Hamashita considers that knowledge from outside allows for more solid internal reflection. He thus advocates the development of an integrated, hybrid knowledge, where external knowledge is mixed with internal knowledge in a spontaneous, harmonious way, as was the case with the traditional knowledge that Japan acquired from China

China · Descriptive knowledge · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Modernization theory · Political science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Historical Philosophy and Science · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

• Kokoro

  Lafcadio Hearn, Koizumi Yakumo•Zea Books•2021

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