Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Part I. Civilizing Society
Chapter 1. Civilization Index and Japanese Civilization
Andrew Targowski (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, President Emeritus of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations)
Chapter 2. The Japanese Civilization in the Civilization Network
Michinori Kobayashi (Philosopher)
Chapter 3. The Making of Modern Japan and Western Civilization
Juri Abe (Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan, Vice-President of the Japanese Society for the Comparative Study of Civilization)
Chapter 4. Japanese Self-Consciousnes and Modernization, in Comparison with an Indonesian Case
Hisanori Kato (Chuo University, Vice-President of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, Japan)
Part II. Civilizing Culture
Chapter 5. ShintĂ´ Religion and Japanese Civilization
Toji Kamata (Institute of Grief Care, Sophia University, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
Chapter 6. The Transition of Landscape Conservation Thought in Japan
Makoto Akasaka (Chiba University, Japan)
Chapter 7. The Role of Calendars in the Management of Japanese Civilization: From an Eco-System to a Civilization System and to an Eco-Civilization System
Hirochika Nakamaki (Suita City Museum, Japan)
Chapter 8. Manga, Which Manga? Publication Formats, Genres, Users
Jaqueline Berndt (Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan)
Part III. Civilizing Infrastructure
Chapter 9. Disaster Severity and Disaster Mitigation in Japan
Kenichi Harada (President of Shiseikan University, Japan)
Chapter 10. How Infrastructure Advances and Limits Japanese Civilization in the 21st Century
Andrew Targowski (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, President Emeritus of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations)
Chapter 11. The Information Society and Japanese Civilization
Andrew Targowski (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, President Emeritus of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations)
Part IV. Japanese Civilization Globalizing or Universalizing?
Chapter 12. Japanese Civilization versus Global Civilization in the 21st Century
Andrew Targowski (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, President Emeritus of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations)
Chapter 13. Where is Japana Heading?
Andrew Targowski (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, President Emeritus of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations)
Afterword
List of Contributors
Index
The book is written for social scientists, political scientists, historians, business scholars and executives, and politicians.