The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. |
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People and Politics in a Stateless Nation Karel Van Wolferen. 4 Servants of the System - The System's embrace is truly inescapable ; it extends to institutions - typically , labour movements , parts of the educational world and the press ...
People and Politics in a Stateless Nation Karel Van Wolferen. 4 Servants of the System - The System's embrace is truly inescapable ; it extends to institutions - typically , labour movements , parts of the educational world and the press ...
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... System to overrule or judge it , the System can only judge itself . This means that it is intrinsically virtuous , and that criticism of its essence is impossible ; its guardians confirm this when they insist that the order they ...
... System to overrule or judge it , the System can only judge itself . This means that it is intrinsically virtuous , and that criticism of its essence is impossible ; its guardians confirm this when they insist that the order they ...
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... System sets out to be self - validating . It is itself the ' divinity ' , supplying its own closed system of faith and self - justification . And since a political system cannot legitimise itself , the Japanese System can by definition ...
... System sets out to be self - validating . It is itself the ' divinity ' , supplying its own closed system of faith and self - justification . And since a political system cannot legitimise itself , the Japanese System can by definition ...
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