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Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history
It is now recognized that emotions have a history. In this book,
eleven scholars examine a variety of emotions in ancient China and
classical Greece, in their historical and social context. A general
introduction presents the major issues in the analysis of emotions
across cultures and over time in a given tradition. Subsequent
chapters consider how specific emotions evolve and change. For
example, whereas for early Chinese thinkers, worry was a moral
defect, it was later celebrated as a sign that one took
responsibility for things. In ancient Greece, hope did not always
focus on a positive outcome, and in this respect differed from what
we call "hope." Daring not to do, or "undaring," was itself an
emotional value in early China. While Aristotle regarded the
inability to feel anger as servile, the Roman Stoic Seneca rejected
anger entirely. Hatred and revenge were encouraged at one moment in
China and repressed at another. Ancient Greek responses to tragedy
do not map directly onto modern emotional registers, and yet are
similar to classical Chinese and Indian descriptions. There are
differences in the very way emotions are conceived. This book will
speak to anyone interested in the many ways that human beings feel.
During the sweeping changes taking place in 19th century Japan, no
thinker was more important than Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901). Born
into a low-ranking samurai family, he traveled to Nagasaki at age
nineteen to study Dutch. In 1858, he was sent to Edo to teach Dutch
to domain students. In his spare time he taught himself English
using a Dutch-English dictionary. Two years later, he was appointed
a translator of diplomatic documents at the shogunal office of
foreign affairs. In 1862, he founded a school that is now Keio
University. Eager to introduce Western history and ideas to the
Japanese, he wrote a series of books, including the bestselling
Conditions in the West (1866). In the late 1870s, he turned his
attention to the prospects for parliamentary government in Japan.
The central government was firmly in place and elective prefectural
assemblies were about to be established. He wrote essays on the
workings of such a system, drawing on his earlier travels abroad
and his reading of de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, Walter
Bagehot, and others. A realist and optimist, Fukuzawa assured his
readers of the eventual success of parliamentary government in
Japan. This book provides the first-English language translation of
five essays that bear directly on the development of his thought
and its legacy in Japanese culture.
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2016
(Hardcover)
Li Yuming, Li Wei
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R3,956
Discovery Miles 39 560
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China, with the world's largest population, numerous ethnic groups
and vast geographical space, is also rich in languages. Since 2006,
China's State Language Commission has been publishing annual
reports on what is called "language life" in China. These reports
cover language policy and planning invitatives at the national,
provincial and local levels, new trends in language use in a
variety of social domains, and major events concerning languages in
mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Now for the first
time, these reports are available in English for anyone interested
in Chinese languge and linguistics, China's language, education and
social policies, as well as everyday language use among the
ordinary people in China. The invaluable data contained in these
reports provide an essential reference to researchers,
professionals, policy makers, and China watchers.
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