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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... Imperial House , it can also be taken as emblematic of the high culture that flourished especially at the 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 ...
... Imperial Court and nobility ( the kuge ) that kept them occupied with the rituals and genteel arts , leav- ing governance to the bakufu . Instead of continuing Hideyoshi's ostentatious patron- age of the Imperial Court and the aesthetic ...
... Imperial Throne coeval with Heaven- and - earth . So shall ye not only be Our good and faithful subjects ( chûryô no shinmin ) , but render illustrious the best traditions of your forefathers . The Way here set forth is indeed the ...
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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