Ways of thinking of Eastern peoples : India, China, Tibet, Japan
Hajime Nakamura (Author), Philip P. Wiener (Translator)
xx, 712 pages ; 24 cm
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Foreword / by Arthur F. Wright
Editor's preface / by Philip P. Wiener
Part I. India. Introduction
Stress on universals
Preference for the negative
Minimizing individuality and specific particulars
The concept of the unity of all things
The static quality of universality
Subjective comprehension of personality
Primacy of the universal self over the individual self
Subservience to universals
Alienation from the objective natural world
The introspective character of Indian thought
The metaphysical character of Indian thought
The spirit of tolerance and conciliation
Part II. China. Introduction
Emphasis on the perception of the concrete
Non-development of abstract thought
Emphasis on the particular
Conservatism expressed in the exaltation of antiquity
Fondness for complex multiplicity expressed in concrete form
Formal conformity
The tendency towards practicality
Individualism
Esteem for hierarchy
Esteem for nature
Reconciling and harmonizing tendencies
Part III. Tibet. Introduction
Consciousness of the individual
Discovery of the absolute in man
Absolute submission to a religiously charismatic individual
Absolute adherence to the Lamaist social order
Shamanistic tendencies
Logical tendencies
Part IV. Japan. Introduction
The acceptance of phenomenalism
The tendency to emphasize a limited social nexus
Non-rationalistic tendencies
Problem of shamanism