基本説明
邦訳：中央公論新社。 Publication delayed (Originally scheduled in 2001). Translated by Pamela J. Asquith, Heita Kawakatsu, Shuuke Yagi and Hiroyuki Takasaki. Edited and introduced by Pamela J. Asquith.
Full Description
Although Seibutsu no Sekai (The World of Living Things), the seminal 1941 work of Kinji Imanishi, had an enormous impact in Japan, both on scholars and on the general public, very little is known about it in the English-speaking world. This book makes the complete text available in English for the first time and provides an extensive introduction and notes to set the work in context. Imanishi's work, based on a very wide knowledge of science and the natural world, puts forward a distinctive view of nature and how it should be studied. Imanishi's work is particularly important as a background to ecology, primatology and human social evolution theory in Japan. Imanishi's views on these subjects are extremely interesting because he formulated an approach to viewing nature which challenged the usual international ideas of the time, and which foreshadow approaches that have currency today.
Contents
Editor's preface Note on Japanese names The World of Living Things by Kinji Irnanislzi Author's preface 1 Similarity and difference 2 On structure 3 On environment 4 On society 5 On history
