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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778179303321

Autore

De Bary Wm. Theodore <1919-2017>

Titolo

East Asian civilizations [[electronic resource] ] : a dialogue in five stages / / Wm. Theodore de Bary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1988

ISBN

0-674-03103-2

Descrizione fisica

xi, 160 p

Collana

The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures

Disciplina

950

Soggetti

HISTORY / Asia / General

East Asia History

East Asia Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures, 1986"--Half-t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Classical Legacy -- 2. The Buddhist Age -- 3. The Neo-Confucian Stage -- 4. East Asia's Modern Transformation -- 5. The Post-Confucian Era -- 6. East Asia and the West: Catching Up with Each Other -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

De Bary constructs a magisterial overview of three thousand years of East Asian civilizations, principally in the form of dialogues among the major systems of thought that have dominated the Asian world’s historical development.