The impact of traditional thought on present day Japan

This volume deals with interdisciplinary research on the cultural and ideological causes for - and reasons behind - economic growth in East and Southeastern Asia, especially in Japan. The contributions discuss the assumption that - similar to European industrialization and modernization where, according to Max Weber, the inner- worldly ethos of Protestantism was the decisive factor - there must habe been a comparable spiritual basis underlying the successful modernisation of Japan and some other countries in East and Southeastern Asia. Kreiner, J.: Introduction / Dore, R.: Confucianism, Economic Growth and Social Development / Tu, W.: The Confucian Dimension in the East Asian Development Model / Kim, K.: Confucianism and Modernization in East Asia: Theoretical Explorations / Dumoulin, H.: Tradition and Modernity in Japanese Buddhism Today / Schepers, G.: Shinran's Thought in Present-Day Japan / Obayashi, T.: Shinto and Buddhism in Japan / Ashkenazi, M.: Some Influences of Shinto on Japanese Business Practices / Senda, M.: Taoist Roots in Japanese Culture / Gebhardt, L.: The Peachblossom Utopia: Taoist Thought in Modern Japanese Literature / Kubo, N.: Taoist Influence on Modern Japan / Frank, R.: Traditional Legal Thought and Present-Day Law