Maruyama Masao Quotes on Freedom
Maruyama Masao was the most influential Japanese political philosopher of the postwar period and a long-time professor at the University of Tokyo. This page collects quotes attributed to Maruyama Masao on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Maruyama Masao:
“The pathology of Japanese fascism was a system of irresponsibility, in which everyone obeyed and no one decided.”
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Attributed to Maruyama Masao:
“Democracy is a discipline; it is not a gift.”
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Attributed to Maruyama Masao:
“Modernity is the moment at which the subject discovers that it must legitimize the order in which it lives.”
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Attributed to Maruyama Masao:
“To be a citizen is to refuse to be merely a subject.”
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Attributed to Maruyama Masao:
“We are still groping for the autonomous individual.”