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Author : Robert C. Christopher
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Japan
ISBN : PSU:000024232968
An entertaining and thorough introduction to all things Japanese. Much has been written about Japanese management. But this is the first book to explain the people, the life, and the culture of that fascinating nation.
Author : Charles A. Moore
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 082480077X
A collection of essays that provide insight into Japanese culture. This book is a great buy for anyone interested in Japan.
Author : Roger J. Davies,Osamu Ikeno
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781462900510
In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others' benevolence), amakudari (the nation's descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverance), giri (social obligation), haragei (literally, "belly art"; implicit, unspoken communication), kenkyo (the appearance of modesty), sempai-kohai (seniority), wabi-sabi (simplicity and elegance), and zoto (gift giving), as well as discussions of child-rearing, personal space, and the roles of women in Japanese society. It includes discussion topics and questions after each chapter. All in all, this book is an easy-to-use introduction to the distinguishing characteristics of Japanese society; an invaluable resource for anyone—business people, travelers, or students—perfect for course adoption, but also for anyone interested in Japanese culture. Next in this series: Now available separately, Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations is a fascinating journey through Japan's rich cultural history.
Author : Frederic Spiegelberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : National characteristics, Japanese
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005933960
Author : Perry R. Hinton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000893236
This fascinating book is an insightful exploration of Western perceptions and representations of Japanese culture and society, drawing on social and cultural psychological ideas around stereotypes and intercultural relations. Hinton considers how the West views the Japanese as an ideologically different “other”, and proposes a cultural theory of stereotypes from which to explore Western observations of the Japanese. The book explores Western socio-cultural representations of the Japanese alongside Edward Said’s well-known theory of Orientalism. It examines the West’s intercultural relationship with Japan, and how this has changed over time, to show how the Japanese have been represented in the Western mind throughout history, to the present day. Hinton argues that our view of other cultures is based on our own cultural expectations, which involve complex issues of meaning-making and perceived cultural differences. This book foregrounds the research through accounts of Westerners about the Japanese, to reveal how cultural representations can influence the ways in which people from different cultures communicate in interaction, and how intercultural understanding or misunderstanding can arise. By reflecting on the changing Western representations of the Japanese, and how and why these have emerged, this book will be of interest to students, academics and general readers interested in stereotypes, cultural psychology, intercultural communication, anthropology and Japanese culture and history.
Author : Ruth Finnegan,Robin Horton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781725238466
Is there a basic difference in thinking between Western and non-Western societies? This long-debated yet highly topical problem forms the central question to which distinguished contributors in the fields of psychology, linguistics, history, and sociology and, more particularly, of social anthropology and philosophy, address themselves in this interdisciplinary collection. They are: Barry Barnes, Benjamin N. Colby and Michael Cole, Ruth Finnegan, Ernest Gellner, Robin Horton, J. M. Ita, Hilary Jenkins, Steven Lukes, Nobuhiro Nagashima, S. J. Tambiah, W. H. Whiteley, and Sybil Wolfram. The central ideas of this classic work are reformulated and refined in the various contributions with different possible dichotomies discussed such as: 'traditional/modern', 'industrial/non industrial', or 'scientific/non-scientific', and 'thinking,' analyzed in terms of its thought processes, content, logic or social background. The material in the book, which is dedicated to Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, falls within the general area of the comparative sociology of knowledge, and will thus particularly interest philosophers, social anthropologists, and sociologists. The volume is however conceived in an interdisciplinary spirit and will be of interest to anyone seriously concerned to examine the nature of thinking in our own and other societies.
Author : Kevin Nute
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429751356
The Constructed Other argues that the assumed otherness of Japanese architecture has made it both a testbed for Western architectural theories and a source of inspiration for Western designers. The book traces three recurring themes in Western accounts of Japanese architecture from the reopening of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day: a wish to see Western architectural theories reflected in Japanese buildings; efforts to integrate elements of Japanese architecture into Western buildings; and a desire to connect contemporary Japanese architecture with Japanese tradition. It is suggested that, together, these narratives have had the effect of creating what amounts to a mythical version of Japanese architecture, often at odds with historical fact, but which has exercised a powerful influence on the development of building design internationally.
Author : Charles Alexander Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Japan
ISBN : LCCN:67167040
Author : James Clark Moloney
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Japan
ISBN : PSU:000016411791
Author : Aleksandr Fedorovich Prasol
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814295635
The book takes a fresh look at modern Japan, and does not treat the Japanese as enigmatic or mysterious people; their ways of thinking and their culture can be explained by an honest appraisal of their history and of the norms that have shaped this history. This book not only reveals the mentality and national character of modern Japanese people but also attempts to explore and analyze the roots of their mannerisms. Everyone knows that the Japanese are generally more polite than other nationalities, but why is this so? Why do they embrace a relaxed attitude when being served by others? Surely, there must be specific reasons to account for these observations. Delving into the social values of the Japanese, why do they value loyalty and commitment so much? How long have they been upholding these virtues? Why, when interrogated by the police, even without being beaten or tortured, do they easily confess guilt for crimes that they have not committed? What are the reasons for such behaviors? All these questions and more are answered in this engaging and illuminating book.
Author : Sidney L. Gulick
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752361827
Reproduction of the original: Evolution of the Japanese Social and Psychic by Sidney L. Gulick
Author : David G. Goodman,Masanori Miyazawa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015034004120
Oddly, although the Japanese believe that Jews "control the media" and "dominate international finance", they do not fear and hate Jews; rather they admire and strive to be more like them. This intellectual history of modern Japan uses Japanese attitudes about Jews as a prism for examining the peculiar isolation of the Japanese mind, even as it contemplates a world in which Japan is ever more powerful.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Japan
ISBN : OCLC:797178473
Author : Christopher Bollas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415669764
Thousands of years ago Indo-European culture diverged into Western and Eastern ways of thinking. Bollas examines how they are converging again in psychoanalysis.
Author : Jack London
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 4761 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547750543
This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences. Content: The Cruise of the Dazzler A Daughter of the Snows The Call of the Wild The Kempton-Wace Letters The Sea-Wolf The Game White Fang Before Adam The Iron Heel Martin Eden Burning Daylight Adventure The Scarlet Plague A Son of the Sun The Abysmal Brute The Valley of the Moon The Mutiny of the Elsinore The Star Rover The Little Lady of the Big House Jerry of the Islands Michael, Brother of Jerry Hearts of Three Son of the Wolf The God of His Fathers Children of the Frost The Faith of Men Tales of the Fish Patrol Moon-Face Love of Life Lost Face South Sea Tales When God Laughs The House of Pride & Other Tales of Hawaii Smoke Bellew The Night Born The Strength of the Strong The Turtles of Tasman The Human Drift The Red One On the Makaloa Mat Dutch Courage Uncollected Stories The Road The Cruise of the Snark John Barleycorn The People of the Abyss Theft Daughters of the Rich The Acorn-Planter A Wicked Woman The Birth Mark The First Poet Scorn of Woman Revolution and Other Essays The War of the Classes What Socialism Is What Communities Lose by the Competitive System Through The Rapids on the Way to the Klondike From Dawson to the Sea Our Adventures in Tampico With Funston's Men The Joy of Small Boat Sailing Husky, Wolf Dog of the North The Impossibility of War The Red Game of War Mexico's Army and Ours The Trouble Makers of Mexico Phenomena of Literary Evolution Editorial Crimes – A Protest Again the Literary Aspirant ...