A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government

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A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government is a political-philosophical dialogue by Japanese thinker Nakae Chōmin that stages a debate over Western liberalism, nationalism, and governance through the conversations of three inebriated characters.

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instanceOf Japanese philosophical work ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
political-philosophical dialogue ⓘ
author Nakae Chōmin ⓘ
linked to: Nakae Tokusuke
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
exploresTheme critique of authoritarianism ⓘ
debate over national strength versus civil freedom ⓘ
importation of Western ideas into Japan ⓘ
modernization of Japan ⓘ
role of the people in government ⓘ
tension between individual liberty and state power ⓘ
genre dialogue ⓘ
political literature ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality Japanese ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation journalist ⓘ
political thinker ⓘ
hasCharacter the Champion of Militarism ⓘ
the Gentleman ⓘ
the Master of Ceremonies ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ
hasJapaneseTitle Sansuijin keirin mondō ⓘ
influencedBy French political thought ⓘ
Western liberal political philosophy ⓘ
literaryDevice allegorical debate ⓘ
personification of political positions ⓘ
mainSubject Western liberalism ⓘ
constitutionalism ⓘ
governance ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
modernization ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
narrativeForm dialogue among three inebriated speakers ⓘ
notableFor staging a debate over Western liberalism and Japanese nationalism ⓘ
use of three drunkards as philosophical interlocutors ⓘ
originalLanguage Japanese ⓘ
partOf modern Japanese political discourse ⓘ
period Meiji era ⓘ
philosophicalTradition modern Japanese political thought ⓘ
setting Meiji-period Japan ⓘ
linked to: Meiji era

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Nakae Chōmin → notableWork → A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ
Nakae Chōmin → notableWork → A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ
subject linked to: Chōmin
A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government → hasEnglishTitle → A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ
Nakae Tokusuke → notableWork → A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ
三酔人経綸問答 → hasTitleInEnglish → Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ
linked to: A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government
the Gentleman → roleInWork → A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ
the Champion of Militarism → appearsInWork → A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ
the Master of Ceremonies → appearsInWork → A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government ⓘ