Imagining Japan: The Japanese Tradition and its Modern Interpretation - Softcover

Bellah, Robert N. N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520235983 ISBN 13: 9780520235984

Publisher: University of California Press, 2003

Synopsis

One of the most influential sociologists living today, Robert N. Bellah began his career as a Japan specialist, and has continued to contribute to the field over the past thirty years. Imagining Japan is a collection of some of his most important writings, including essays that consider the entire sweep of Japanese history and the character of Japanese society and religion. Combining intellectual rigor, broad scholarship, and ethical commitment, this book also features a new and extensive introduction that brings together intellectual and institutional dimensions of Japanese history.

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Review:

"Bellah is a sociologist with a grand vision of history, deeply concerned with the twists and turns of religious values, weaving premodern religious thinking into the debates of modernization and modernity. He takes a reflective turn with Imagining Japan, evidencing his profound concern with religious evolution."

"One of the most original attempts to understand some of the psychological and symbolic roots of the central problems in Japanese history. Bellah masterfully brings together intellectual and institutional dimensions of Japan, making a very important contribution to Japanese Studies."

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"Bellah is a sociologist with a grand vision of history, deeply concerned with the twists and turns of religious values, weaving pre-modern religious thinking into the debates of modernization and modernity. He takes a reflective turn with "Imagining Japan, evidencing his profound concern with religious evolution."--Tetsuo Najita, University of Chicago

"One of the most original attempts to understand some of the psychological and symbolic roots of the central problems in Japanese history. Bellah masterfully brings together intellectual and institutional dimensions of Japan, making a very important contribution to Japanese Studies."--S. N. Eisenstadt, Professor Emeritus at Hebrew University and author of "Japanese Civilization: A Comparative View

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0520235983
• ISBN 13: 9780520235984
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264