East Asian Civilizations: A Dialogue in Five Stages / Edition 1

by Wm. Theodore de Bary

Overview

De Bary constructs a magisterial overview of three thousand years of East Asian civilizations, principally in the form of dialogues among the major systems of thought that have dominated the Asian world’s historical development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674224063
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	04/01/1991
Series:	The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures , #1
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

William Theodore de Bary was John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University, Emeritus, and Provost Emeritus at Columbia University.

Editorial Reviews

A short and hugely informative book for the layperson… Like a wise lecturer, de Bary brings the reader along to a fresh and rewarding comparison of Eastern and Western ways of thinking—and what the differences mean to us today… In the process, he has also written a succinct and valuable guide to the culture by which East Asia still lives.

Los Angeles Times Book Review - Frank Gibney

The work is the personal manifesto of a scholar who is master of the broad overview and bold generalization which is the essence of profound erudition, and who knows that a properly chosen detail can highlight a given topic more boldly than a lengthy argument.

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies - Martina Deuchler

Bears the unmistakable imprint of de Bary’s erudition and bristles with provocative insights and useful comparisons…de Bary has done an excellent job.

Journal of Asian Studies - Richard J. Smith

A short and hugely informative book for the layperson... Like a wise lecturer, de Bary brings the reader along to a fresh and rewarding comparison of Eastern and Western ways of thinking--and what the differences mean to us today... In the process, he has also written a succinct and valuable guide to the culture by which East Asia still lives.--Frank Gibney "Los Angeles Times Book Review"

Bears the unmistakable imprint of de Bary's erudition and bristles with provocative insights and useful comparisons...de Bary has done an excellent job.--Richard J. Smith "Journal of Asian Studies"

The work is the personal manifesto of a scholar who is master of the broad overview and bold generalization which is the essence of profound erudition, and who knows that a properly chosen detail can highlight a given topic more boldly than a lengthy argument.--Martina Deuchler "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies"

From the Publisher

The work is the personal manifesto of a scholar who is master of the broad overview and bold generalization which is the essence of profound erudition, and who knows that a properly chosen detail can highlight a given topic more boldly than a lengthy argument.
— Martina Deuchler

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

A short and hugely informative book for the layperson...Like a wise lecturer, de Bary brings the reader along to a fresh and rewarding comparison of Eastern and Western ways of thinking--and what the differences mean to us today...In the process, he has also written a succinct and valuable guide to the culture by which East Asia still lives.
— Frank Gibney

Los Angeles Times Book Review

Bears the unmistakable imprint of de Bary's erudition and bristles with provocative insights and useful comparisons...de Bary has done an excellent job.
— Richard J. Smith

Journal of Asian Studies