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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464423603321

Autore

Imanishi Kinji <1902, >

Titolo

A Japanese view of nature : the world of living things / / by Kinji Imanishi ; translated by Pamela J. Asquith. [et al.] ; edited and introduced by Pamela J. Asquith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-13114-0

1-136-13122-1

0-203-03752-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Collana

Japan anthropology workshop series (JAWS)

Altri autori (Persone)

AsquithPamela J. <1951->

Disciplina

570/.1

Soggetti

Biology - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Seibutsu no Sekai first published in 1941 by Kobundo shobo.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [90]-91) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title ; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Similarity and difference; Chapter 2 On structure; Chapter 3 On environment; Chapter 4 On society; Chapter 5 On history; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although <EM>Seibutsu no Sekai (The World of Living Things)</EM>, the seminal 1941 work of Kinji Imanishi, had an enormous impact in Japan, both on scholars and on the general public, very little is known about it in the English-speaking world. This book makes the complete text available in English for the first time and provides an extensive introduction and notes to set the work in context. Imanishi's work, based on a very wide knowledge of science and the natural world, puts forward a distinctive view of nature and how it should be studied. Imanishi's work is particularly important as a bac