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  • HOW RELIGION EVOLVED
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    HOW RELIGION EVOLVED
    BRIAN MCVEIGH
    Why did many religious leaders—Moses, Old Testament prophets, Zoroaster—claim they heard divine voices? Why do ancient civilizations exhibit key similarities, e.g., the "living dead" (treating the dead as if they were still alive); "speaking idols" (care and feeding of effigies); monumental mortuary architecture and "houses of gods" (pyramids, ziggurats, temples)? How do we exp...

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  • JAPANESE HIGHER EDUCATION AS MYTH
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    JAPANESE HIGHER EDUCATION AS MYTH
    BRIAN J. MCVEIGH
    In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred. ...

    $1,160.00

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  • INTERPRETING JAPAN
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    INTERPRETING JAPAN
    BRIAN MCVEIGH
    Written by an experienced teacher and scholar, this book offers university students a handy "how to" guide for interpreting Japanese society and conducting their own research. Stressing the importance of an interdisciplinary approach, Brian McVeigh lays out practical and understandable research approaches in a systematic fashion to demonstrate how, with the right conceptual too...

    $1,560.00

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  • LIFE IN A JAPANESE WOMEN'S COLLEGE
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    LIFE IN A JAPANESE WOMEN'S COLLEGE
    BRIAN J. MCVEIGH
    One third of the Japanese female workforce are 'office ladies' and their training takes place in the many women's junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage, low-status secretaries who have little or no job security.Brian J. McVeigh draws on his experience as a teacher at one such institution to explore the cultural and social processes used to promote 'femininity' in Japanese...

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  • THE NATURE OF THE JAPANESE STATE
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    THE NATURE OF THE JAPANESE STATE
    BRIAN J. MCVEIGH
    Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the role of bureaucracy in Japanese politics.To many in the West, Japan appears as a paradox: a rational, high-tech economic superpower and yet at the same time a deeply ritualistic and ceremonial society. This adventurous n...

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