Open AccessO destino do “Espirito Japonês”
Author(s) -
Yoshinobu Hirata
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
estudos japoneses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2447-7125
pISSN - 1413-8298
DOI - 10.11606/issn.2447-7125.v0i18p23-35
Subject(s) - connotation , meaning (existential) , nationalism , expression (computer science) , history , world war ii , humanities , cartography , art , geography , political science , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , archaeology , computer science , law , politics , programming language
The meaning of the expression yamato damashiiJapanese spirit, was distorted throughout History and was used, during World War IIwith a nationalist connotation which completely misrepresented its original conception. This essay aims, then, rescue the first ideas which are associated with it, through some of the most representative pieces of Japanese literature.