The Communist Manifesto and Japan in 20th Century Essay

Introduction

The ideas that have been brought out by the communist manifesto are a good overview of the world’s history. The concepts such as environmental change, industrialization and state building, have been brought out clearly in the concept of communism. Also, the concept of social divisions like gender, class and race are brought out clearly according to history of the Japanese who have used the system of governance. The themes are well connected to area of the course since the manifesto of the communists relates with trade, empire, industrialization, technology, urbanization and religion.

According to my own opinion, the communists manifesto has more of the disadvantages than the advantages. Abolishing private property will mean taking away something that an individual has worked for so many years to achieve, while the idea of equal labour would minimize the rate at which some individuals depend on others, the concept may not be very fruitful in an environment that is full of the aged. The manifesto is a good privilege when it comes to the sector of education, employment and health due to the fact that each individual is considered in every sector. Therefore, this paper will relate these themes to key issues and communist’s manifesto by Karl Marx (Marx & Engels 2009).

Ideas and concepts in the novel

According to Sanshiro, the Japanese society was profoundly influenced by globalization in the nineteenth century. Globalization was mainly influenced by the developments that came as a result of interaction with the external forces; Japan’s interaction with the west’s powerful. Modernization came as a result of the nineteenth century interactions. The industrialization process in this country was contributed by many individuals and groups due to the communist’s way of governance in the country.

The government, communities and businesses and individuals contributed to the developments which further lead to globalization. Hence the communist manifesto of state control of markets was a very good strategy to globalization in Japan. Therefore, the foreign pressure from the powerful nations influenced the development in Japan. The Japanese, according to Sanshiro, used the pressure to reach where they are today.

More to this, society has made the elements that existed previously to co-exist with the world’s current needs, therefore, the continued growth of its society. Globalization, according to Sanshiro, has led to economic stability, political stability and industrialization. When compared to the nineteenth century, the market of the industrial products of Japan has increasingly become popular globally. This is attributed to the fact that their embracing of the western culture has made them become more successful (Embry & Barry 57).

The Japanese were exceptionally clever that they decided to keep some ideas in the process of their development they did not totally abandon their culture by embracing the western culture totally, but they kept some of their traditions. Therefore, some of their traditions remain to date and are used in the regions that they tend to think that they may coexist with the ideas that are of foreign nature. The key areas that they held onto were areas that they thought were important and played a big role in their national identity and their social continuity.

Any change taking place in this country had to pass through the government for a nod hence the effectiveness of communist manifesto. Agriculturally, Japan was not doing well due to the influence from the temperate climate; their technology was also poor which has improved to date. Their technology has even to some extent overtaken some western countries. Their agriculture has improved much owing to the increased labour sector, of which they have still invented ways of curbing the agricultural issues. Their development was parallel in a way that they were independent and used their own ideas. They adopted what could work with their culture, and neglected what was interfering with their needs. For this reason, Japan has become revolutionized and has even overtaken some powerful state (Embry & Barry 57).

The social division in the novel has touched on key issues such as gender, race and class. The issue of class division came out clearly from the development the classes in the Japanese society. The classes include: the upper class who were mainly wealthy and possessed great powers in politics, the middle class these included mainly those who could do white collar jobs, while the low class had individuals with no basic security. Historically, gender issues mattered so much that women had their own role to play while men also had their own roles too.

The women’s roles were to feed the family and ensure all in the house was clean. Racial segregation also was a dominant key factor to be considered. The Asian was treated differently with the westerners, while the westerners were mainly given the best treatment as they were very powerful in the nineteenth century. The Japanese can also be seen to give so much respect to the Europeans before they became industrialized. Although the ideas brought by Sanshiro are historical, using them as the primary source also has some challenges. This is because she never existed in the nineteenth century which would have given more evidence into the insights that she brings out in her book, therefore, some of the key concepts have not been brought out well (Embry & Barry 57).

Works Cited

Embry, Charles R, & Barry Cooper. Philosophy, Literature, and Politics: Essays Honoring Ellis Sandoz. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2005. Print.

Marx, Karl, & Friedrich Engels. Manifesto of the Communist Party. New York: Cosimo Classics, 2009. Print.