East Asian Civilizations: A Dialogue in Five Stages (Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures) - Hardcover

De Bary, Wm. Theodore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674224051 ISBN 13: 9780674224056

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1988

Synopsis

The doyen of Confucian studies in America here constructs a magisterial overview of 3,000 years of East Asian civilizations, principally in the form of dialogues among the major systems of thought that have dominated the Asian world's historical development.

About this title

About the Author:

Wm. Theodore de Bary is John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University, Emeritus and Provost, Emeritus of Columbia University.

Review:

A short and hugely informative book for the layperson...Like a wise lecturer, de Bary brings the reader along to a fresh and rewarding comparison of Eastern and Western ways of thinking--and what the differences mean to us today...In the process, he has also written a succinct and valuable guide to the culture by which East Asia still lives. (Frank Gibney Los Angeles Times Book Review)

The work is the personal manifesto of a scholar who is master of the broad overview and bold generalization which is the essence of profound erudition, and who knows that a properly chosen detail can highlight a given topic more boldly than a lengthy argument. (Martina Deuchler Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies)

Bears the unmistakable imprint of de Bary's erudition and bristles with provocative insights and useful comparisons...de Bary has done an excellent job. (Richard J. Smith Journal of Asian Studies)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0674224051
• ISBN 13: 9780674224056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176