Snake and Cross

Author: An Tianxi Xian
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: In this book, I use the snake as a symbol of the East and the cross as a symbol of the West. Today, after the end of the Cold War structure between the East and the West, the world is undergoing a significant shift from ideological opposition to religious wars and ethnic conflicts. The topic this book explores is the comparative civilization of the East and the West. When developing a theory of comparative civilization, what serves as its symbol depends on the researcher's interests and the spirit of the era they live in. The spirit of the times requires the researcher to choose symbols for comparison. Kazuo Kojima chose the monsoon as a symbol of the East and the wind of the pastoral landscape as a symbol of the West.