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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SONODA Hidehiro Session 1: Public lectures S. N. EISENSTADT: Axial and Non-Axial Civilizations - the Japanese Experience in a Comparative Perspective - The Construction of Generalized Particularistic Trust UEYAMA Shunpei: The Originality of the Japanese Civilization Session 2: "Civilizational encounters: The Japanese encounter with Buddhism and Confucianism in a comparative perspective" SONODA Hidehiro: The Way of Approaching Japan Ian READER: Ready Assimilation: Buddhism and Japanese Religion TACHIKAWA Musashi: On the Introduction of Buddhist Thought to Japan Session 3: "Feudalism and transition to modernity" Bjorn WITTOROCK: Social Theory and Intellectual History: Rethinking the Formation of Modernity ISHII Shiro: Feudalism and le in Japan: Looking for a Virtual Axis in a "Non-axial" Society ISHIDA Takeshi: Creating Modern Japan as a Cultural Unit YOSHINO Kosaku: From Ethnic to Nation: Theoretical Reflections on Nationalism Session 4: "Multiple modernities: Japanese modernity in a comparative perspective" Johann P. ARNASON: Multiple Modernities: Reflections on the Japanese Experience Raymond GREW: Comparing Modern Japan: Is There Anything Left to Do? BEFU Harumi: Globalization of Japan: Its Implications for the Glo- balization Model i 1 19 31 37 63 77 115 129 147 157 173 189
