On Apr 13, 2004, at 5:10 PM, Kitsuno wrote:
> Anyone read this book yet?
>
> http://susanscharfman.com/home.html
>
> Any opinions on it?
Not read... Isn't it a bit dumb to use as a title basically the same
Benedith used some 50 years ago?
My favorite books on the Japanese written by gaijin are Hearns' "An
Interpretation," and Kerr's "Dogs and Demons." Smith's "Japan: A
Reinterpretation" is very good in the chapters about education, and
Wolferen's "The Enigma of Japanese Power" has some good parts as well.
Avoid like smallpox Reischauer's "The Japanese Today." He was a good
historian, but as a social scientist he had an agenda, thou reading his
propaganda is a waste of time. I have been told Buruma's books are
great, but I haven't read them.
cepo
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