Sources of Japanese Tradition, Abridged: 1600 to 2000; Part 2: 1868 to 2000 / Edition 2

by Wm. Theodore De Bary, Carol Gluck, Arthur Tiedemann

Overview

For almost fifty years, Sources of Japanese Tradition has been the single most valuable collection of English-language readings on Japan. Unrivalled in its wide selection of source materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, the two-volume textbook is a crucial resource for students, scholars, and readers seeking an introduction to Japanese civilization.

Originally published in a single hardcover book, Volume 2 is now available as an abridged, two-part paperback. Part 1 covers the Tokugawa period to 1868, including texts that address the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the initial encounters of Japan and the West. Part 2 begins with the Meiji period and ends at the new millennium, shedding light on such major movements as the Enlightenment, constitutionalism, nationalism, socialism, and feminism, and the impact of the postwar occupation. Commentary by major scholars and comprehensive bibliographies and indexes are included.

Together, these readings map out the development of modern Japanese civilization and illuminate the thought and teachings of its intellectual, political, and religious leaders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231139168
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	10/03/2006
Series:	Introduction to Asian Civilizations , #2
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.56(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919–2017) was John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University. His many books include Waiting for the Dawn, Message of the Mind, and Learning for One’s Self, as well as Sources of Japanese Tradition and Sources of Korean Tradition, all published by Columbia University Press.

Carol Gluck is the George Sansom Professor of History at Columbia University. She is the author of Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period.

Arthur Tiedemann is a member of the Society of Senior Scholars at the Heyman Centre for the Humanities, Columbia University. He is the author of Modern Japan: A Brief History.

Table of Contents

Preface
Explanatory Note
Chronology
Contributors
Part IV. The Tokugawa Peace
20. Ieyasu and the Founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate, by Willem Boot
21. Confucianism in the Early Tokugawa Period, by Willem Boot
22. The Spread of Neo-Confucianism in Japan
23. The Evangelic Furnace: Japan's First Encounter with the West, by J. S. A. Elisonas
24. Confucian Revisionists, by Wm. Theodore de Bary and John A. Tucker
25. Varieties of Neo-Confucian Education
26. Popular Instruction
27. "Dutch Learning," by Grant Goodman
28. Eighteenth-Century Rationalism
29. The Way of the Warrior II
30. The National Learning Schools, by Peter Nosco
31. Buddhism in the Tokugawa Period
32. Orthodoxy, Protest, and Local Reform
33. Forerunners of the Restoration
34. The Debate over Seclusion and Restoration
Bibliography
Index

What People are Saying About This

Joshua Fogel

This book will be exceedingly useful to a wide variety of entry-level courses in Japanese history, culture, and civilization, as well as high-level courses in Japanese thought and religion.

— Joshua Fogel, author of The Nanjing Massacre in History and Historiography

John W. Dower

Sources of Japanese Tradition is a treasure.... The appearance of this new edition is true cause for celebration by anyone seriously interested in Japan.

Akira Iriye

The volumes of Sources of Japanese Tradition have proved to be invaluable guides to the study of Japanese history and culture. The revised volume contains a large amount of new material, reflecting the recent scholarly achievements, especially in social and religious history. Its publication is welcome news to teachers and students of Japanese civilization and all those who are interested in the origins of contemporary Japanese society and culture.

— Akira Iriye, author of Cultural Internationalism and World Order