Sociology of ritual and narrative as post-Western sociology: from the perspective of Confucianism and Nativism in the Edo period of Japan

Abstract Modern sciences were introduced to Japan from Western countries during the Meiji period. In other words, this was the process of translating Western academic languages into Japanese academic languages. The translation was meant to reuse existing Chinese characters with similar meanings to W...

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Main Author: Yoshiyuki Yama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-021-00146-x