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East Asian Civilizations

A Dialogue in Five Stages

Wm Theodore de Bary author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Published:1st May '91

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De Bary constructs a magisterial overview of three thousand 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.

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 *

ISBN: 9780674224063

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 172g

176 pages