Engelbert Kaempfer
Biographic Data
| ID | 561745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Engelbert Kaempfer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Engelbert |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaempfer |
| SIGNATURE | KAEMPFER E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1907 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Justice and Democracy: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Today democracy is increasingly recognized around the world as the only form of government with moral legitimacy. The problems of establishing and preserving truly democratic institutions, however, vary dramatically from culture to culture. Justice and Democracy explores these problems from a wide range of perspectives, theoretical and practical. It addresses problems related to the distortion of democratic decision-making by the gross disparitie…
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727. Born in Westphalia in 1651, Kaempfer traveled throughout the Near and Far East before settling in Japan as physician to the trading settlement of the Dutch East India Company at Nagasaki. During his two years residence, he made two extensive trips around Japan in 1691 and 1692, collecting, according to the British historian Boxer, "an aston…
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Phoenix persicus. Die Geschichte der Dattelpalme
Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan
Early Travel
Early Travel
Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan
Phoenix persicus. Die Geschichte der Dattelpalme
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Justice and Democracy: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Today democracy is increasingly recognized around the world as the only form of government with moral legitimacy. The problems of establishing and preserving truly democratic institutions, however, vary dramatically from culture to culture. Justice and Democracy explores these problems from a wide range of perspectives, theoretical and practical. It addresses problems related to the distortion of democratic decision-making by the gross disparitie…
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727. Born in Westphalia in 1651, Kaempfer traveled throughout the Near and Far East before settling in Japan as physician to the trading settlement of the Dutch East India Company at Nagasaki. During his two years residence, he made two extensive trips around Japan in 1691 and 1692, collecting, according to the British historian Boxer, "an aston…
Geography (3 works) · Japanese History and Culture (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · German Literature and Culture Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Animal Diversity and Health Studies (1 works)