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Confucius Lives Next Door

By Reid, T R

Confucius Lives Next Door General education

Confucius Lives Next Door

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"Fascinating...clearly stated, interesting and provoking.... A plainspoken account of living in Asia." --San Francisco Chronicle Anyone who has heard his weekly commentary on NPR knows that T. R. Reid is trenchant, funny, and deeply knowledgeable reporter and now he brings this erudition and humor to the five years he spent in Japan--where he served as The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau chief. He provides unique insights into the country and its 2,500-year-old Confucian tradition, a powerful ethical system that has played an integral role in the continent's "postwar miracle." Whether describing his neighbor calmly asserting that his son's loud bass playing brings disrepute on the neighborhood, or the Japanese custom of having students clean the schools, Reid inspires us to consider the many benefits of the Asian Way--as well as its drawbacks--and to use this to come to a greater understanding of both Japanese culture and America.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2000-03-28
Publication Date:
2000-03-28
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0679777601
ISBN13:
9780679777601
Weight:
213 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
206 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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