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The Fracture of Meaning: Japan's Synthesis of China from the Eighth through the Eighteenth Centuries
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Full Title:
The Fracture of Meaning: Japan's Synthesis of China from the Eighth through the Eighteenth Centuries
Contributors:
By (Author) David Pollack
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
30th May 2017
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
952
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
268
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
539g
Description
From the beginning of its recorded history until the opening to the West in the last century, Japan was caught between a love for and a rejection of Chinese civilization. David Pollack argues that the dialectical relationship between the two countries figured more importantly in the Japanese sense of identity and signification than any particular b
