Traditional Buddhist sects and modernization in Japan

Modernization and dangerous women in Japan.

EDO JAPAN, FEMME FATALES, AND MYTH Group-fantasies of femme fatales are common in Japanese history. The image of an endangered male encountering, or fleeing from, or in the clasp of a dangerous woman is prominent even in Japanese mythology. Before examining mythic motifs, however, we turn to the social environment in which the myths were created as a means of deciphering their meaning. Edo/Toku...

Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values

Modernization theorists from Karl Marx to Daniel Bell have argued that economic development brings pervasive cultural changes. But others, from Max Weber to Samuel Huntington, have claimed that cultural values are an enduring and autonomous influence on society. We test the thesis that economic development is linked with systematic changes in basic values. Using data from the three waves of the...

comparative study of modernization and reforms in japan and iran in contemperory era

ran and japan are two asian countries which in confrontation with west superiorities, started the reforms and modernization in the modern shape. the two countries reformist and modernistic elites found it necessary to be leved with the west in the fields of military, economy, training and so on the reforms and modernization. japan reforms and modernization with restitution of power to the emper...

Modernization Trends of Infertility Treatment of Traditional Korean Medicine

Despite the development of assisted reproductive technology (ART), it is difficult to increase the implantation rate. In Korea, Traditional Korean Medicine, including herbal medicine, is an important component of infertility treatment. Korean medical doctors who are treating infertility often use herbal medicine to promote implantation. In this article, as one of the research works on moderniza...

Jøkei and Hønen: Debating Buddhist Liberation in Medieval Japan—Then and Now