Japanese Society: Tradition, Self, and the Social Order - Brossura

Smith, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521315522 ISBN 13: 9780521315524

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

As the world's only major industrial society yet to emerge from outside the Western tradition, Japan has evolved into an industrial state very different from those of the West. Robert Smith argues that this difference is found not so much in organisational and institutional forms as in the Japanese view of the relationship of individuals to one another and to society as a whole. He traces the origin of this difference to the historical traditions of Japan, which rest on cultural premises quite unlike those of the Western world. His compelling and convincing analysis of contemporary Japanese society has far-reaching implications for our understanding of the nature of the modern industrial world.

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Smith's compelling and convincing analysis of contemporary Japanese society has far-reaching implications for our understanding of the nature of the modern industrial world.

Contenuti:

Foreword by Alfred Harris; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The creation of tradition; 2. Order and diffuseness; 3. Self and other; 4. The perfectible society; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Indexes.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521315522
• ISBN 13: 9780521315524
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192