humanitalianism

Japanese: humanitalianism
humanitalianism

...However, in Japan, this special meaning of humanism is usually translated as "jinbunshugi," and humanism is considered to be distinct from it. In Japan, humanism is perceived as something closer to the "humanitarianism" of modern thought from the latter half of the 19th century onwards, rather than the humanism of the classical Renaissance ideal of culture, and representative figures of this are usually Tolstoy, R. Rolland, and A. Schweitzer. Here we can see typical deviations and transformations in the process of the establishment of foreign words and the introduction of foreign ideas, and regardless of whether this is good or bad, it is necessary to first confirm this fact.

*Some explanations of terms that mention "humanitalianism" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,こういう特殊な意味でのhumanismに対しては,日本では〈人文主義〉という訳語が当てられるのが常であって,ヒューマニズムは,いちおう,それとは区別されたものと考えられている。日本ではヒューマニズムは,ルネサンスの古典的教養理念としての人文主義よりは,19世紀後半以降の近代思想における〈人道主義humanitalianism〉に近いものとして受けとられており,その代表者としては,トルストイとかR.ロランとかA.シュワイツァーなどがあげられるのが普通である。ここには外来語の定着過程,外来思想の移入過程における典型的なずれと変容がみられるのであって,ことの善悪はともかく,この事実をまず確認しておくことが必要である。…

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