{"product_id":"okakura-tenshin-and-pan-asianism-brij-tankha-9781905246618","title":"Okakura Tenshin and Pan-Asianism: Shadows of the Past","description":"This volume explores four key themes emanating from Okakura Tenshin's philosophy and legacy: Okakura Tenshin and the Ideal of Pan-Asianism; Other Forms of Pan-Asianism (especially Islam and China); Art and Asia, and Ways of Defining Asia (up to the present day). Okakura Tenshin (1862-1913), art historian and ideologue driven by a notion of Asia bound by culture, is a significant figure in Japan's modern intellectual history. His writings in both Japanese and English became part of a growing discourse that positioned Japan as the guardian and protector of Asia against the depredations, cultural as much as economic and political, of the West. At the outbreak of the Pacific War, the first line of Okakura's 1903 book ('Asia is One'), \u003ci\u003eThe Ideals of the East\u003c\/i\u003e, was celebrated posthumously by the Japanese military as the most powerful expression of Japan's goal of political ascendancy in Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brij Tankha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1905246617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781905246618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d","brand":"Brij Tankha","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996100636927,"sku":"9781905246618","price":116.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/okakura-tenshin-and-pan-asianism-brij-tankha-9781905246618","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}