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  • 18th Century Japan

    Culture and Society

    by C. Andrew Gerstle ...
    The period of Japanese history before the advent of industrialisation and modernism is of tremendous interest. The essays in this collection show a fascination with the social context behind the development of aesthetics, drama, language, art and philosophy, whether it be the world of the pleasure quarters or the Shogun's court. ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Chikamatsu

    Five Late Plays

    by C. Andrew Gerstle, Chikamatsu ...
    Translated by C. Andrew Gerstle ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as "Japan's Shakespeare" and a "god of writers," was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theaters. Today, the plays of this major literary figure are performed on kabuki and bunraku stages as well as in the modern theater, and forty-nine films of his plays have been made ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Recovering the Orient

    Artists, Scholars, Appropriations

    Edited by Andrew Gerstle, Anthony Milner ...
    Much recent writing about Asian societies and Asian Histories adopts a homogenising vision of humanity. It views the definition of cultural difference as an 'Orientalist' project serving colonial or neo-colonial purposes. This unusual collection of essays, written by leading specialists in a range of disciplines. re-appraises and expands the 'Orientalism' debate. Several authors examine the ways ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • A Kamigata Anthology

    Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 1600–1750

    by Sumie Jones, Adam L. Kern, Harold Bolitho, Stefania Burk, Robert Campbell, David Cannell, Cheryl Crowley, Alan Cummings0, Charles Fox1, Matthew Fraleigh2, C. Andrew Gerstle3, Thomas Hare4, Howard Hibbett5, Adam Kabat6, Dylan McGee7, Gregory Pflugfelder8, Shelley Fenno Quinn9, Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen0, Jay Rubin1, Paul Gordon Schalow2, David Sitkin3, Henry D. Smith II4, John Solt5, Toru Takahashi6, Glynne Walley7, Steven Wills8, Marcia Yonemoto9 ...
    This is the first of a three-volume anthology of Edo- and Meiji-era urban literature that includes An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750–1850 and A Tokyo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Modern Metropolis, 1850–1920. The present work focuses on the years in which bourgeois culture first emerged in Japan, telling the story of the rising commoner arts of Kamigata, or the “Upper ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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  • Buddhism

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    by Prof Damien Keown ...
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    Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering how Buddhist thought has developed over the centuries, Keown considers how contemporary dilemmas can be faced from a Buddhist ... Read more

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  • After Buddhism

    Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age

    by Stephen Batchelor ...
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  • Local Knowledge

    Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology

    by Clifford Geertz ...
    From the preeminent anthropologist, a landmark exploration of how culture shapes human society“Shrewd and often illuminating."—New York TimesOver his storied career, Clifford Geertz pioneered ground-breaking approaches to anthropology, arguing that interpreting and analyzing cultural symbols was central to understanding a wide range of societies. In Local Knowledge, he revisits and expands the ... Read more

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  • The Foundations of Buddhism

    by Rupert Gethin ...
    Series series OPUS
    Buddhism is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition with a history that stretches over 2,500 years, and which is now followed by around 115 million people. In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism (Thervada, Tibetan, and Eastern) which ... Read more

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    Way of Life & Thought

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  • The Quest

    History and Meaning in Religion

    by Mircea Eliade ...
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    In The Quest Mircea Eliade stresses the cultural function that a study of the history of religions can play in a secularized society. He writes for the intelligent general reader in the hope that what he calls a new humanism "will be engendered by a confrontation of modern Western man with unknown or less familiar worlds of meaning.""Each of these essays contains insights which will be fruitful ... Read more

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