Japan in Global Context. Papers presented on the Occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tōkyō

Details

1994, ISBN 3-89129-490-5, € 18,50, iudicium Verlag, Munich, 123 pp., hardcover [Order]

Authors

Kreiner, Josef

Japan in Global Context. Papers presented on the Occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tōkyō

The papers collected in this volume were presented by specialists from all over the world on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the German Institute for Japanese Studies on November 4 and 5, 1993, in Tokyo. The contributions deal with the characteristics of Japanese culture and society as well as the structure and aims of international research on Japan. By providing current insights on tasks and problems in this field of studies this volume will serve as useful reference for anyone attempting to approach the “Japan phenomenon.” The book is completed by a list of the publications and activities of the Institute since its founding.

Content

Umesao, Tadao
Japanese Civilization in the Modern World
pp. 15-32

Befu, Harumi
Japan as Other. Merits and Demerits of Overseas Japanese Studies
pp. 33-45

Kreiner, Josef
Some Personal Reflections on Japanese Studies
pp. 47-54

Kornadt, Hans-Joachim
Social Sciences at the German Institute for Japanese Studies. Introductory Address
pp. 55-61

Eisenstadt, Shmuel N.
Japan: Non-Axial Modernity and the Multiplicity of Cultural and Institutional Programmes of Modernity
pp. 63-95

Miyazaki, Isamu
Some Global Issues for the Japanese Economy
pp. 97-104

Hiemenz, Ulrich
European Integration and the World Economy
pp. 105-114

Authors
pp. 115-117

Symposia organized by the German Institute for Japanese Studies
p. 119

Publications of the German Institute for Japanese Studies
pp. 120-123

Kreiner, Josef
Introduction: The German Institute for Japanese Studies, 1988-1993
pp. 7-13