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Book A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government

Download or read book A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government written by Nakae Chomin and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1992-10-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government takes the form of a debate between a spokesman for Western ideals of democracy and progress, and an advocate for adherence to traditional samurai values. Their discussion is moderated by the imperturbable Master Nankai, who loves nothing more than to drink and argue politics. The fiction of the drinking bout allowed Chomin to debate freely topical political issues, in a discussion that offers an astute analysis of contemporary European politics and a prophetic vision of Japan's direction. This lucid and precise translation of a delightful work has been designated one of the UNESCO series of classics of world literature.

Book A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government

Download or read book A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government written by Nakae Chomin and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1992-10-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government takes the form of a debate between a spokesman for Western ideals of democracy and progress, and an advocate for adherence to traditional samurai values. Their discussion is moderated by the imperturbable Master Nankai, who loves nothing more than to drink and argue politics. The fiction of the drinking bout allowed Chomin to debate freely topical political issues, in a discussion that offers an astute analysis of contemporary European politics and a prophetic vision of Japan's direction. This lucid and precise translation of a delightful work has been designated one of the UNESCO series of classics of world literature.

Book A discourse by three drunkards on government

Download or read book A discourse by three drunkards on government written by Chōmin Nakae and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chinese Visions of Progress  1895 to 1949

Download or read book Chinese Visions of Progress 1895 to 1949 written by Thomas Fröhlich and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese Visions of Progress, 1895 to 1949 offers a panoramic study of Chinese reflections on “progress,” its multifaceted expressions, contesting interpretations, highly optimistic implications, but also the criticism it encountered.

Book Transformations of Sensibility

Download or read book Transformations of Sensibility written by Hideo Kamei and published by U of M Center For Japanese Studies. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in Japan in 1983, this book is now a classic in modern Japanese literary studies. Covering an astonishing range of texts from the Meiji period (1868–1912), it presents sophisticated analyses of the ways that experiments in literary language produced multiple new—and sometimes revolutionary—forms of sensibility and subjectivity. Along the way, Kamei Hideo carries on an extended debate with Western theorists such as Saussure, Bakhtin, and Lotman, as well as with such contemporary Japanese critics as Karatani Kojin and Noguchi Takehiko. Transformations of Sensibility deliberately challenges conventional wisdom about the rise of modern literature in Japan and offers highly original close readings of works by such writers as Futabatei Shimei, Tsubouchi Shoyo, Higuchi Ichiyo, and Izumi Kyoka, as well as writers previously ignored by most scholars. It also provides a new critical theorization of the relationship between language and sensibility, one that links the specificity of Meiji literature to broader concerns that transcend the field of Japanese literary studies. Available in English translation for the first time, it includes a new preface by the author and an introduction by the translation editor that explain the theoretical and historical contexts in which the work first appeared.

Book Apron Wisdom

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : CICO Books
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9781906525507
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Apron Wisdom written by and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase "Mother knows best" is one that will ring true with many of us, and we have all learnt important life lessons as a child standing at our mother's side. "Apron Wisdom" is a treasury of mother's wisdom that every mother--and grown-up child--will appreciate. Funny, witty, wise, and poignant, these quotes and anecdotes, from literary greats to advice we learned at our mother's knee, will inspire, amuse, and, most of all, remind us of the precious gift of motherhood. With over 50 insightful observations, from choosing the perfect partner and healing a wounded heart, to help with the housework and raising a family, "Apron Wisdom" provides practical instruction for mothers, grandmothers, and daughters of all ages.*Essential advice with a tender touch.*Words of wit and wisdom about love, life, relationships, family, and more.*The perfect gift for Mother's Day.

Book Monster of the Twentieth Century

Download or read book Monster of the Twentieth Century written by Robert Thomas Tierney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the first English translation of Kotoku Shusui's Imperialism by Robert Thomas Tierney.

Book Britannia s children

Download or read book Britannia s children written by Kathryn A Castle and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy

Download or read book The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy written by William Paley and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Musui s Story

    Book Details:
  • Author : Katsu Kokichi
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2023-02-21
  • ISBN : 0816552363
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Musui s Story written by Katsu Kokichi and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of picaresque adventures set against the backdrop of a Japan still closed off from the rest of the world, Musui's Story recounts the escapades of samurai Katsu Kokichi. As it depicts Katsu stealing, brawling, indulging in the pleasure quarters, and getting the better of authorities, it also provides a refreshing perspective on Japanese society, customs, economy, and human relationships. From childhood, Katsu was given to mischief. He ran away from home, once at thirteen, making his way as a beggar on the great trunk road between Edo and Kyoto, and again at twenty, posing as the emissary of a feudal lord. He eventually married and had children but never obtained official preferment and was forced to supplement a meager stipend by dealing in swords, selling protection to shopkeepers, and generally using his muscle and wits. Katsu's descriptions of loyalty and kindness, greed and deception, vanity and superstition offer an intimate view of daily life in nineteenth-century Japan unavailable in standard history books. Musui's Story will delight not only students of Japan's past but also general readers who will be entranced by Katsu's candor and boundless zest for life.

Book On Baptism Against the Donatists

Download or read book On Baptism Against the Donatists written by Saint Augustine of Hippo and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treatise was written about 400 A.D. Concerning it Aug. in Retract. Book II. c. xviii., says: I have written seven books on Baptism against the Donatists, who strive to defend themselves by the authority of the most blessed bishop and martyr Cyprian; in which I show that nothing is so effectual for the refutation of the Donatists, and for shutting their mouths directly from upholding their schism against the Catholic Church, as the letters and act of Cyprian. Aeterna Press

Book Three Years in Tibet

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ekai Kawaguchi
  • Publisher : DigiCat
  • Release : 2022-05-28
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 632 pages

Download or read book Three Years in Tibet written by Ekai Kawaguchi and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about an amazing three-year journey from 1899 to 1902 of a Buddhist monk from Japan making his way into Tibet which was closed to almost all foreigners at the time. The author provides a fascinating view of the culture, society, justice, domestic relations, politics, religion, etc. Kawaguchi a very admirable and knowledgeable figure also provides insight to the politics of Japan, Britain, Russia and the international relationships in Central Asia.

Book The Social Contract  and Discourses

Download or read book The Social Contract and Discourses written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and published by J M Dent & Sons Limited. This book was released on 1950 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an old university friend and fellow archeologist's murdered, forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway travels to Lancashire to examine the bones he found, which reveal a shocking fact about King Arthur, and discovers a campus living in fear of a sinister right-wing group called the White Hand.

Book The Violence Project

Download or read book The Violence Project written by Jillian Peterson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Groundbreaking." ―Rachel Louise Snyder, bestselling author of No Visible Bruises An examination of the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and an urgent call to implement evidence-based strategies to stop these tragedies Winner of the 2022 Minnesota Book Award Using data from the writers’ groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including first-person accounts from the perpetrators themselves, The Violence Project charts new pathways to prevention and innovative ways to stop the social contagion of violence. Frustrated by reactionary policy conversations that never seemed to convert into meaningful action, special investigator and psychologist Jill Peterson and sociologist James Densley built The Violence Project, the first comprehensive database of mass shooters. Their goal was to establish the root causes of mass shootings and figure out how to stop them by examining hundreds of data points in the life histories of more than 170 mass shooters—from their childhood and adolescence to their mental health and motives. They’ve also interviewed the living perpetrators of mass shootings and people who knew them, shooting survivors, victims’ families, first responders, and leading experts to gain a comprehensive firsthand understanding of the real stories behind them, rather than the sensationalized media narratives that too often prevail. For the first time, instead of offering thoughts and prayers for the victims of these crimes, Peterson and Densley share their data-driven solutions for exactly what we must do, at the individual level, in our communities, and as a country, to put an end to these tragedies that have defined our modern era.

Book Pan Asianism and Japan s War 1931 1945

Download or read book Pan Asianism and Japan s War 1931 1945 written by E. Hotta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the critical importance of Pan-Asianism in Japanese imperialism. Pan-Asianism was a cultural as well as political ideology that promoted Asian unity and recognition. The focus is on Pan-Asianism as a propeller behind Japan's expansionist policies from the Manchurian Incident until the end of the Pacific War.

Book Candide

Download or read book Candide written by Voltaire and published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Child  Nation  Race and Empire

Download or read book Child Nation Race and Empire written by Shurlee Swain and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second half of the nineteenth century, prominent English child rescuers, reconstituted the vulnerable body of the child at risk as central to the survival of nation, race and empire. The book explains how the project contributed to the neglect and abuse disclosed in recent enquiries into the past treatment of children in out-of-home 'care'.