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Ou-yang Hsiu: An Eleventh Century Neo-Confucianist

1968; American Oriental Society; Volume: 88; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/596917

2169-2289

Brian E. McKnight, James T. C. Liu,

Chinese history and philosophy

tion, and within secularization fall such movements as nationalism, communism, fascism, democracy, etc., to the extent that they have asserted themselves as quasireligions. This point involves, no doubt, not only the religions of Japan but, more broadly, the problem of religion in numerous civilized and secularized societies. Finally, the fact that the author makes wide-ranging and yet cautious use of the research results of Japan's leading scholars, especially those of recent times, and strives to introduce them to Western academic circles ought also to be mentioned as a distinctive feature of this book. In one sense this book can be thought of as playing the important role of presenting an excellent bibliography for the cultural history of Japan. ICHIRO HORI