Science And Culture In Traditional Japan
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Science And Culture In Traditional Japan
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Author : Masayoshi Sugimoto
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-03
Science And Culture In Traditional Japan written by Masayoshi Sugimoto and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-03 with History categories.
This book of Japanese history explores the development of science and technology in traditional Japanese society. It may be surprising to some readers familiar with the history of Japan that that scientific thought existed at all in traditional Japan. However, Science and Culture in Traditional Japan show the development of premodern science in Japan in the context of that country's social and intellectual milieu. Anyone who wishes to understand the development of Japan's science and technology over the last hundred years will appreciate this history of the centuries that preceded modernization, for it is the story of why and how Japan was ready and, more importantly, able to make the leap from Eastern to Western science. The history and culture book shows how Japan's long pattern of assimilation—in advancing and receding waves—of Chinese science (and some Western science) laid the foundation for an appreciation of the need for and value of the "new" Western knowledge.
Japanese Culture
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Author : Robert John Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Japanese Culture written by Robert John Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Japan categories.
Papers presented at the Tenth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, held at the University of Hawaii, U.S.A., 21 August to 6 September, 1961, and sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and the University of Hawaii.
Japanese Popular Culture
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Author : Shisō no Kagaku Kenkyūkai
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1973-07-18
Japanese Popular Culture written by Shisō no Kagaku Kenkyūkai and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973-07-18 with Education categories.
The Japanese And Western Science
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Author : Masao Watanabe
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2016-11-11
The Japanese And Western Science written by Masao Watanabe and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-11 with History categories.
The Japanese first encountered Western scientific technology around 1543, when the Portuguese drifted ashore and left them firearms. For the next few centuries Japan's policy of national isolation severely limited contact with the West. In the middle of the nineteenth century, when Commodore Perry introduced the Japanese to a few of the West's technological achievements, they realized how vulnerable their technological ignorance made them and felt great pressure to master Western science as quickly as possible. In The Japanese and Western Science, Masao Watanabe succinctly examines the intersection of Western science and Japanese culture since Japan's opening to the West. Using case studies, including a Japanese scientist trained in the West and foreign teachers brought to Japan, he describes how the Japanese quickly and effectively accepted Western science and technology. Yet Japan, eager to catch up, sought for the fruits of science rather than its cultural and religious roots or the processes that allowed it to flourish. The author contends that this resulted in a lack of integration of the new science into Japanese culture with the resulting strains in people's lives, their education, in research, in international affairs, and in environmental pollution. The central three chapters focus on Darwin, how his views were introduced, what aspects were of most interest—survival of the fittest rather than the common origins of animals and humans—and how one Japanese biologist sought to blend social Darwinism and Buddhist ideas. In one of the summarizing chapters, Watanabe contrasts the Western and Japanese conceptions of nature, and points out that the latter has tended to make the Japanese rely on mother nature to cope with the effects of human actions, no matter what these might be. The book is the product of painstaking research and penetrating insight by a Japanese scholar who has firsthand knowledge of Western science and culture.
Traditional Japanese Arts And Culture
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Author : Stephen Addiss
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Traditional Japanese Arts And Culture written by Stephen Addiss and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Art categories.
Compiled in this volume is original material on Japanese arts and culture from the prehistoric era to the Meiji Restoration (1867). These sources, including many translated here for the first time, are placed in their historical context and outfitted with brief commentaries, allowing the reader to make connections to larger concepts and values found in Japanese culture. This book contains material on the visual and literary arts, as well as primary texts on topics not easily classified in Western categories, such as the martial and culinary arts, the art of tea, and flower arranging. More than sixty color and black-and-white illustrations enrich the collection and provide further insights into Japanese artistic and cultural values. Also included are a bibliography of English-language and Japanese sources and an extensive list of suggested further readings.
The Orientation Of Science And Technology
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Author : Shigeru Nakayama
language : en
Publisher: Global Oriental
Release Date : 2009-02-26
The Orientation Of Science And Technology written by Shigeru Nakayama and has been published by Global Oriental this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-26 with Science categories.
Shigeru Nakayama has been at the forefront of redirecting conventional East Asian science and technology, arguing that ‘orientation of science’ refers not only to the direction of science but also implies a turning to Eastern science. Recently, he has been arguing for implementation of a ‘Service Science’, linked to rights and needs of mankind.
Japanese Political Culture
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Author : Takeshi Ishida
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date :
Japanese Political Culture written by Takeshi Ishida and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
This volume provides a perceptive background to modern Japanese culture. Ishida attempts a balanced evaluation of modern Japan, seeking to explain why the basic characteristics of Japanese society permit two almost opposite assessments. He divides the development of modern Japan into two stages: first, the period starting from the Meiji Restoration (1868) up to the end of World War II; second, from the defeat of Japan in World War II up to the present. Ishida investigates the essential features of the modern Japanese value system and the social structure, which comprise both traditional and modern elements. He examines how Japanese society has adapted Western influences to suit its own needs-the real "miracle" of modern Japan. As the Japanese economy grows and Japan becomes an economic superpower, political self-confidence is also emerging. Ishida, however, remains critical of Japanese society, because he feels that Japan lacked the internal resources to change the political system from within until its defeat by the Allies forced it to introduce various reforms ordered by the occupation authorities. Despite the rapid changes taking place in Japanese society, certain attitudes, such as conformity and competition, are common to both the prewar and postwar periods. The final section is devoted to the field of peace research. Ishida presents differences of meaning in the concepts of peace in ancient Hebrew, Greek, Roman, Chinese, and Indian cultures in order to characterize the Japanese concept of peace, which, akin to the Chinese, emphasizes harmony rather than justice. He goes on to discuss Japan's images of Gandhi, which, according to the author, were projections of ultranationalist prejudice and missed the significance of his nonviolent direct action. Ishida emphasizes the importance of such nonviolent action as a means to carry out social change toward the realization of justice.
Handbook Of Japanese Popular Culture
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Author : Richard Gid Powers
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1989-06-26
Handbook Of Japanese Popular Culture written by Richard Gid Powers and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-06-26 with History categories.
Born out of the editor's inability to find a suitable book for teaching the subject, this is a welcome title. . . . a fine contribution in a field where works in English are seriously lacking. Choice The Handbook of Japanese Popular Culture provides a convenient and efficient guide to the prevalent ways of life, recreations, and artistic creations of contemporary Japan. Designed for the general reader as well as the specialist in Japanese culture. The areas explored are those that have proven to be of durable interest to the Japanese, such as sports, science fiction, and popular music, as well as passing fads and fancies. The extremely readable essays, contributed by specialists in the field, provide a wealth of interesting information, including a survey of the historical development of the topic under discussion, with special attention paid to the most useful published works in the field, followed by a guide to the research collections and reference works that should be consulted by those wishing to deepen their knowledge of the subject. Exploring the most salient aspects of Japanese popular culture, the chapters include such topics as popular architecture, new religions, popular performing arts, film, television, comics, and mystery literature. The editor's introduction suggests that the study of popular culture as a discipline with its own unique subject matter and methodology represents a form of protest against the concept of culture as a selective tradition consisting of the best that has been thought and said. This comprehensive survey of Japanese popular culture will be an essential additon to all libraries and a useful resource in the study of popular culture, sociology, Japanese history and culture, humanities, communications, and journalism.
Science And Cultural Exchange In Modern History Japan And The West
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Author : Masao Watanabe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Science And Cultural Exchange In Modern History Japan And The West written by Masao Watanabe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Cross-cultural studies categories.
Japanese Popular Culture
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Author : Shisō no Kagaku Kenkyūkai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Japanese Popular Culture written by Shisō no Kagaku Kenkyūkai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Popular culture categories.