[ŌTSUKA, ZENTARŌ]. 大塚善太郎.

非社会主義. [Hishakai shugi].
[Non-Socialism].

東京. [Tokyo]. 東京堂. [Tōkyōdō]. Meiji 44 [ 1911]. Stock ID #174183

180pp, 18.7 x 12.6 cm, title card wrappers, discoloured and spotted, small tear to the foot of the front wrapper (no loss), loss to the spine label, some edge creases to the the text leaves, but in very good order.

Otsuka Zentaro lived in the United States for several years in the late Meiji period and worked for Japanese language newspapers in California as a journalist. During his stay in California, he became interested in and critical of socialism. Following intense debates with Japanese socialists in the US, Otsuka returned developed links to the Japanese diplomat Saito Shuichiro, and after his return to Japan published this book and well as writing a study of Japan-US relations, published in 1910.

In "Non-Socialism", he discusses socialism, anarcho syndicatism and state socialism and sets out his criticisms of these ideologies, while acknowledging that socialism does make some valid criticisms of the excesses of capitalism. His own view of politics argues for a combination of social reform with imperial patriotism. The author distributed printed copies of this book to Japanese socialists and police stations for free.

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