Sökning: "Meiji Japan"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Meiji Japan.

  1. 1. The “Good Child” and Nation-Building in Japan: Faith, Equality and Utilitarianism in The First Japanese Primary School Reader

    Författare :Martin Nordeborg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Japanese language; education; Meiji; nation-building; identity; discourse; dialogism;

    Sammanfattning : Education is said to be one of the cornerstones of bringing a people together, of building a nation. The Fundamental Code of Education in 1872 (Gakusei) envisioned a common school for all children in Japan. Although the implemention would take time, the feudal division of learning was now to be replaced by a national network of schools. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Der lange Weg des Zen-Buddhismus nach Deutschland : vom 16. Jahrhundert bis Rudolf Otto

    Författare :Jürgen Offermanns; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; J.-B. Du Halde; F. Caron; F.M. de Marsy; I. Kant; G.W. Leibniz; A. Kircher; Counter-Reformation; Reformation; Age of Enlightenment; travel literature; Jesuit theater; Germany; Europe; China; Japan; Jesuits; New Age; Christianity; West; Zen; Buddhism; sodo; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia; German language and literatur; Tyska språk och litteratur ;

    Sammanfattning : At the beginning of the 21st Century, Zen Buddhism is no longer an unknown religion in the West. Zen-meditation enjoys great popularity, the books regarding the subject are among the bestsellers and the auditoriums are crowed if the topic concerns the bringing home of Zen Buddhism to a Western audience. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Images of an Empire : Chinese Geography Textbooks of the Early 20th Century

    Författare :Mats Norvenius; Marja Kaikkonen; Marianne Bastid-Bruguière; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; modern schools; geography textbooks; national identity; Chinese minorities; Meiji Japan; nationalism; Sinocentrism; Orientalism; social Darwinism; geographical determinism; racism; militarism; constitutional monarchism; Sinology; sinologi;

    Sammanfattning : In 1901 the Qing regime, in power 1644-1911, took wide-ranging measures to reform the Chinese Empire. Fundamental changes were carried out within the field of education, resulting in the completion of China’s first modern educational system in 1904. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Rule by Association : Japan in the Global Trans-Imperial Culture, 1868-1912

    Författare :John Hennessey; Hans Hägerdal; Alexis Dudden; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; global trans-imperial culture; association; assimilation; Hokkaido; Taiwan; expositions; Japanese colonialism; Japanese Empire; colonial history; colonial administration; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : Criticizing one-empire approaches, calls to apply much-needed transnational perspectives and methodologies to colonial history have recently emerged. This groundbreaking scholarship has already revealed that the competition between different European empires after 1850 has typically been overemphasized; in fact, a transnational perspective reveals extensive cooperation between the “great powers” of the age, along with myriad examples of exchanges and transfers of colonial knowledge. LÄS MER