A Japanese view of nature : the world of living things / by Kinji Imanishi ; translated by Pamela J. Asquith. [et al.] ; edited and introduced by Pamela J. Asquith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Imanishi, Kinji, 1902, author.

Contributor:

Asquith, Pamela J., 1951-

Series:

Japan anthropology workshop series.

Japan anthropology workshop series (JAWS)

Standardized Title:

Seibutsu no sekai. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biología--Filosofía.

Local Subjects:

Biología--Filosofía.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although <EM>Seibutsu no Sekai (The World of Living Things)</EM>, the seminal 1941 work of Kinji Imanishi, had an enormous impact in Japan, both on scholars and on the general public, very little is known about it in the English-speaking world. This book makes the complete text available in English for the first time and provides an extensive introduction and notes to set the work in context. Imanishi's work, based on a very wide knowledge of science and the natural world, puts forward a distinctive view of nature and how it should be studied. Imanishi's work is particularly important as a bac

Contents:

Title ; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Similarity and difference; Chapter 2 On structure; Chapter 3 On environment; Chapter 4 On society; Chapter 5 On history; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Seibutsu no Sekai first published in 1941 by Kobundo shobo.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas [90]-91) e índice

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-136-13114-0

9780700716326

1-136-13122-1

0-203-03752-9

9780203037522

OCLC:

863823294