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State of War: The Violent Order of Fourteenth-Century Japan: 46 (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies) - Tapa blanda

Conlan, Thomas Donald

 
9781929280230: State of War: The Violent Order of Fourteenth-Century Japan: 46 (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies)
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ISBN 10: 1929280238 ISBN 13: 9781929280230
Editorial: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 2003

Sinopsis

State of War represents a fundamental revision of Japanese history. By illuminating Japan through the lens of war, Thomas Conlan provides insight into how state and society functioned, as opposed to how they were portrayed in ideal. Conlan recreates the experience of war from the perspective of one warrior and then reconstructs how war was fought through statistical analysis of surviving casualty records. State of War also shows that tThe battles of the 14th century mark a watershed in Japanese history. The fiscal exigencies of waging war led to a devolution of political power to the provinces. Furthermore, the outbreak of war caused social status to become performative, based upon the ability to fight autonomously, rather than being prescriptive, or determined by edicts of investiture. TBridging the intellectual gulf between the 14th and 20th centuries, Conlan also explores how the seemingly contradictory categories of “religion” and “war” were integrally related. The 14th-century belief that the outcome of battle was determined by the gods meant that religious institutions warred both ritually and physically, and that religious attitudes frequently underpinned warrior behavior. Based on diverse sources, including documents, picture scrolls, medical and religious texts, and chronicles, State of War rehabilitates warfare as a focal point of historical inquiry and provides a fascinating new overview of premodern Japanese history.

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Thomas Donald Conlan is Professor of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University. He holds a PhD from Stanford University, where his advisor was Jeffrey Mass, and he is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He is the author of In L

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Editorial
Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1929280238
ISBN 13 
9781929280230
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
316
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