Japan Aspects & Destinies

ISBN-13: 9780710309686 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 372 str.

W. P. Watson; Hong Xiao; Lil Bahadur Chettri

Opis

This comprehensive volume on Japan was written nearly a century ago by an Englishman who had been living in the country for some time. Using a variety of Japanese journals, he captures Japanese opinion on a variety of matters, from politics to culture, religion to technology, constitution to revolution.

Spis treści

1. A SPECTACLE OF PARADOX, 2. A FANTASY OF MYSTERY, 3. THE METROPOLIS OF A REVOLUTION, 4. TOKYO'S AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES, 5. MANNERS AND THE REVOLUTION, 6. A JAPANESE OUESTION?, 7. THE REVOLUTION CORRUPTED, 8. ON THE MARGINS OF THE SOUL, 9. PASSIVE REACTION, 10. REVOLUTION HAPPILY IMPOSSIBLE, 11. THE SYNTHETIC IN PLEASURES, 12. PARTING OF THE WAYS, 13. IN THE MACHINE SHOP, 14. THE MERCHANT AND HIS MORALS, 15. THE REVOLUTION'S MOTIF?, 16. THE COMMERCIAL IMAGINATION, 17. MEN V. FORMS IN POLITICS, 18. CONSTITUTIONAL INFANCY, 19. AN OLIGARCHY WITH EXCUSES, 20. PARTY POLITICS PRO FORMA, 21. THE GRAND EXPERIMENT, 22. CHAOS AND AN A B C POLICY, 23. A POTENTIAL DEMOCRACY?, 24. EDUCATION WITHOUT A CANON, 25. THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL, 26. THE RECORD OF AN EXPERIENCE, 27. MlRABEAU AND RoUSSEAU, 28. WITH THE HIGH PRIESTS OF JAPANESE BUDDHISM, 29. CREEDS VIEWED OBJECTIVELY, 30. THE PSYCHIC LINK?, 31. HUMOURS OF THE TIME, 32. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE REVOLUTION, 33. SPIRIT OF THE REVOLUTION, 34. WELTPOLITIK OF THE REVOLUTION, 35. VIS A VIS THE TRADITION, 36. THE CLIMAX AND ITS PARABLE, 37. THE CRISIS

O autorze

W. Petrie Watson