Day: January 23, 2020

Spread of Enlightenment to the Colonies- Part II Japanese Enlightenment: In the Meiji Restoration, English and French civil society was introduced, in particular, utilitarianism from England, and popular sovereignty of Jean-Jacques Rousseau from France. The thinkers of the early Meiji period advocated British Enlightenment derived from Western civil society. selfstudyhistory.com They attempted to criticise Japanese […]

European Community; Consolidation and expansion of European Community; European Union- Part I At the end of the Second World War in 1945, Europe was in turmoil. Many areas, especially in Germany, Italy, Poland and the western parts of the USSR, had been devastated, and even the victorious powers, Britain and the USSR, were in serious […]

The Great Revolt of 1857- Part II Nature of the Great Revolt of 1857 Different views of historians: The Mutiny: Western scholars labelled the revolt of 1857 as ‘ The Mutiny of 1857’ (i.e.. a military outbreak). This interpretation is the outcome of the British imperial bias. Prof. F.G Hutchins, a USA based historian expresses […]