| Critical Readings in the Intellectual History of Early Modern Japan (2 Vols. Set) Contributor(s): Boot, W. J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004222316 ISBN-13: 9789004222311 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $593.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Intellectual Property - General - Social Science - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 952.025 |
| Series: Critical Readings |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (2.10 lbs) 2 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Critical Readings in the Intellectual History of Early Modern Japan provides an overview of recent research into the most fascinating period in the development of Japanese thought. Against a background of Buddhism, which all through the period remained the state-sponsored religion, Chinese studies spread and became the basis of all higher education. Chinese studies, and the Confucianism they implied, provoked a reaction, "National Studies", which took the philological method elaborated by the Chinese scholars and applied it to the ancient Japanese corpus, in an attempt to articulate a "Japanese" identity. Simultaneously, the growing interest of physicians and astronomers in European science gave rise to "Dutch Studies." These four fields of intellectual endeavour together comprise the subject of the book. |