Academic Nations in China and Japan: Framed by Concepts of Nature, Culture and the Universal

by Margaret Sleeboom

The descriptions Chinese and Japanese people attribute to themselves and to each other differ vastly and stand in stark contrast to Western perceptions that usually identify a 'similar disposition' between the two nations. Academic Nationals in China and Japan explores human categories, how academics classify themselves and how they divide the world into groups of people.
Margaret Sleeboom carefully analyses the role the nation-state plays in Chinese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415864496
• ISBN13: 9780415864497
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"