The Outnation: A Search for the Soul of Japan, Paperback - Jonathan Rauch

Reducere. In Japanese, the word for "foreign country" means "outnation." But to many Americans and Japanese, it is Japan itself, despite its increasing influ...

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Reducere. DescriptionA century ago, when Japan was transforming itself from an isolated feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator queried abou...

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A century ago, when Japan was transforming itself from an isolated feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator queried about the ethos...

Bushido is the chivalric code of moral principles that the Samurai followed: rectitude, courage, benevolence, respect, honesty, honour and loyalty....

Reducere. Bushido is the code of moral principles which the knights were required or instructed to observe. It is not a written code; at best it consists of ...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): John CottinghamIllustration(s): 1 b/w illus.Number of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

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Reducere. Born in 1862, Nitobe Inazo was a Japanese polymath (holding five doctorates) and Christian convert who travelled widely in both Europe and America....

DescriptionHow our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters today The concept of the so...

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Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Mike VesethNumber of pages: 236Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 23Cover type: Paperback / so...

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"Deeply moving...A first-rate, highly readable intellectual history." -The Wall Street Journal The drama that shaped today's Iran, from the Revolut...

Reducere. Description"In this warm, wise, and witty overview, Jonathan Rauch combines evidence and experience to show his fellow adults that the best is yet ...

Reducere. "Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cult...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Chikako Ozawa-de SilvaIllustration(s): 8 b-w illustrations, 1 tableNumber of pages: 286Collecti...

Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy.

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A cultural history of modern Japan, celebrating the novels of Mishima, the films of Ozu, and other high culture and pop culture developments as the...

"This atmospheric page-turner is alive with intrigue and mystery from first sentence to last" Niamh BoyceIt's 1949 and playwright Violet Ward has r...

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