The Dalai Lama, according to Tibetan Buddhist belief, can influence or choose his next rebirth. It is believed he can consciously choose the circumstances, location,…
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Tag: Cultural Anthropology (Books)
Embracing Defeat
The title is striking. It seizes your attention. “Embrace” means to take up readily or gladly, like “embrace a cause.” In the book “Embracing Defeat”…
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China and Japan – Part 1
Emperor Hirohito’s surrender speech, delivered on August 15, 1945, over the radio, was in classical Japanese that was heavily influenced by classical Chinese, especially in…
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The Pity of It All Explained
A Jew, to use Satre’s definition, is a person considered by others as a Jew, irrespective of his religious or ethnic allegiance. The Pity of…
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The Question of Palestine – Part 1
This was a seminal book when it first came out in 1979. More so, as its author is the well-known intellectual Edward W. Said. In…
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Sunday Book Haul
Last Sunday I bought 3 excellent books at Kinokuniya KLCC. The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials by Telford Taylor is a memoir by one of…
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Unravelling Pre-Holocaust Discrimination
Before the Holocaust, the Jews in Europe and UK already faced deep-rooted discrimination. The Holocaust and the failure of the Americans, Germans, British and Europeans…
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Japan
These 3 books on Japan were bought at Maruzen, Kyoto last Thursday. Maruzen is the biggest English bookstore in Kyoto. Forget about Tsutaya @ Takashimaya…
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The Sociological Legacy of Fei Xiao Tong
Fei Xiao Tong is widely recognised as the father of sociology of China. He gave up medical studies to study sociology. His reason was that…
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Kino’s haul
I had a great harvest last Saturday. Not the harvest of souls as in Matthew 13:8. But of 4 excellent books at Kinokuniya. The House…
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