英文摘要 |
Kiri Paramore’s Japanese Confucianism: A Cultural History offers anexceptionally objective and balanced presentation of Japanese Confucianism as amultifaceted, living tradition in Japan. The study also offers continuing analysesof Confucianism vis-à-vis the larger East Asia sphere, including China, Korea,Taiwan, and Singapore. Occasional nods are made to the more limited but indeedglobal spread of Confucianism into the West, including the United States,Canada, Europe, and Australia as well. Perhaps the only corner overlooked isConfucianism in overseas East Asian communities, especially Japanesedominatedones wherein the persistence or absence of Confucian tendencies isundoubtedly relevant. The book is structured topically and chronologically,highlighting the key roles played by, and developments issuing from,Confucianism as a force in Japanese history and culture. |