Nobility and CivilityHarvard University Press, 15. okt 2004 - 256 pages Globalization has become an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Some leaders, in both the East and the West, believe that human rights are culture-bound and that liberal democracy is essentially Western, inapplicable to the non-Western world. How can civilized life be preserved and issues of human rights and civil society be addressed if the material forces dominating world affairs are allowed to run blindly, uncontrolled by any cross-cultural consensus on how human values can be given effective expression and direction? |
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... Heian gentleman than was the ability to compose good Chinese poetry . On this score one cannot say that the cultural tone of Heian Japan was all that different from ninth - century Tang China before Han Yü ( 768-824 ) made a public ...
... Heian Court and which left its mark on all Japanese of later years . The sword , on the other hand , was two - edged , and as a symbol of violence and cruelty ( not just self - control ) it too has a long history . The stories of both ...
... Heian Court into their drab and humble lives - a recollection too of Genji's exile in Suma . So also in the play Komachi at Sekidera , the Heian poetess Ono no Komachi is recalled both for her poetic gifts and captivating beauty , after ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shôtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
Copyright | |
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