... dimensions). Not surprisingly, their social structures reflect this close engagement. In traditional society, norms for social interaction involved both human-human relations and, because the kamui are alive and responsive just as human beings are, human–kamui relations...

...This chapter examines the ethical implications of aging in a modern society. Drawing on traditional Confucian ethics as well as local community ethics based on a close reading of the Analects of Confucius, the chapter explores ethical possibilities for contemporary extensions...

... of contemporary economics. More specifically, it discusses Muelder's understanding of property rights in the context of a “responsible society” and its similarities to the Confucian ideal of harmony as understood from a social perspective. The chapter concludes by arguing that both communitarianism...

...This chapter introduces the cultural history of exile during the Nara and Heian periods in Japan. The chapter also provides a theoretical framework for the study of exile in Japanese court society. In addition, the introduction explains specific themes underlying the entire book, including...

... describes the deficiencies of Japan's pollution control measures, along with the distinguishing features of Japanese environmental policy making and postwar citizens' environmental activism. Finally, it addresses the importance of creating a sustainable society that recycles its resources. policy...

... control of Hawaiʻi's economic society from Hawaiian producers and their political elites, and finally, gaining political control over the islands. Alexander family American Factors Amfac Baldwin family Big Five Castle family missionaries Theo H Davies & Co Americanization British investors...

...This introductory chapter describes Engaged Buddhism—a contemporary form of Buddhism that engages actively in a nonviolently way with the social, economic, political, social, and ecological problems of society. The multiple crises that hit Asia in the twentieth century were devastating to much...

...This chapter examines Tahitian society. The Island is divided into seventeen districts called Fenua, which are again divided into chiefs shares (Patu). These shares are composed of Vahi or the squires' shares. The chiefs of Tahiti...

... society In july of 2003, former Japanese prime minister Mori Yoshirō stated that women without children should not receive welfare benefits. “It is truly strange that we have to use tax money to take care of women who don’t even give birth once, who grow old living their lives selfishly...

... groups, and nongovernmental organizations working on health and development issues. The chapter suggests that these transnational movements played an important role in introducing new ideas and practices into Japanese civic activism which contributed to the development of civil society. These border...

... formed in the mid-1970s: the Polynesian Voyaging Society, which built a Hawaiian double-hulled voyaging canoe called Hōkūle'a; and the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, which protested the U.S. military bombings on the island of Kaho'olawe. The chapter not only examines how Hawaiian surfers...

...This chapter demonstrates how the theatre scene in Kuala Lumpur reveals the many layers of interaction and exclusion at work in Malaysian society. While English fluency aids the country in global affairs, it runs counter to any attempt to develop a national identity based on the Malay language...

...Chapter 6 is a response to Iryŏp’s critics and a consideration of the relationship between Buddhism and society. The chapter claims that by relating her life stories in her books, Iryŏp made a woman’s life visible. It is a statement that a woman’s life is not a disposable and forgettable component...

... of the plural society weigh heavily on this history due to their conviction that colonial intentions were realized in the perfection of Singapore's urban landscape. This research differs, however, in its interpretation of the ends to which colonial urbanism was applied. It is argued that Singapore's penal...

... plural society urban plan market roads transient workers architecture dialogic Goh R Gothic style Holloway H R Kaplan D H Marx K Marxist Marxism indentured plantation labor Perera N commercial square Devan J Government House Heng G Orientalism Parekh B Pieters J N Raffles S America...

... practice and awakening have developed over the centuries of Buddhist thought and history. Aided in part by new communication technologies and increased mobility, we now see a growing alignment between civil society and the mission of a religion through its social work, disaster relief, and education...

...This book explores various aspects of life in contemporary Japan in terms of the shift toward differentiation and uncertainty and from the perspective of social actors positioned differently in Japanese society, including schoolgirls, teachers, women, mothers of young children, small-business...

...This chapter takes up various aspects of Sikh society, focusing on the Sikh homeland of Punjab in northern India. For Sikhs, the family unit is the backbone of society; the family system and social patterns, including caste within Sikhism, thus also take a significant share of this chapter...

... Samādhi Society, an association of monks committed to assisting one another’s practice at the time of death. Hopes for Amida’s welcoming descent (raigō) and notions of exemplary death leading to birth in the Pure Land, along with corollary fears about falling into the hells, spread...

... that does not make people feel alienated, lonely, or murderous? Aboriginal philosophy does not approach these challenges by striving for human perfection, nor does it assume that society is inherently ‘peaceful’. Rather, Australian Aboriginal societies tend to foreground process-oriented activities...