Bushido: Samurai Ethics and the Soul of Japan
Dover Publications (1906)
| Abstract | At the turn of the 20th century, when Japan was evolving from an isolated feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator wrote this book to introduce the rest of the world to his society's traditional values. Author Inazo Nitobe defines bushido, the way of the warrior, as the source of the virtues most admired by his people. In this eloquent work, he takes an eclectic and far-reaching approach, drawing examples from indigenous traditions--Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism, and the centuries-old philosophies of samurai and sages--as well as from ancient and modern thinkers of the Western world. Generations of scholars and other readers with an interest in sociology have turned to this classic for an understanding of the soul of Japan. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Bushido | |||||||||
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| Call number | BJ971.B8.N57 2004 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0486433919 9780486433912 | |||||||||
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