Animal Care in Japanese Tradition: A Short History

This volume provides an historical overview of Japan's relationship with animals from ancient times to the 1950s. Its analysis serves as a lens through which to scrutinize Japanese tradition and interrogate ahistorical claims about Japan's culturally endemic empathy for the natural world. Departing from existing scholarship on the subject, the book also connects Japan's much-maligned record of animal exploitation with its strong adherence to contextual, needs-based moral memory.

Author: W. Puck Brecher
Publisher: Association for Asian Studies
Published: 04/26/2022
Pages: 140
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9781952636271
ISBN10: 1952636272
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | Japan
- Nature | Animal Rights
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social