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. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 192
Whereas Chinese emperors were expected to be benevolent and maintain
justice in order to keep the 'mandate of Heaven', their Japanese counterparts, as
direct descendants of the sun goddess, were not in need of heavenly
endorsement; ...
Whereas Chinese emperors were expected to be benevolent and maintain
justice in order to keep the 'mandate of Heaven', their Japanese counterparts, as
direct descendants of the sun goddess, were not in need of heavenly
endorsement; ...
Page 273
State Shinto, established to provide spiritual nourishment for the 'emperor system'
, functioned as an umbrella organisation incorporating all other religions, which
had to abandon any tenets that conflicted with emperor-worship. State Shinto ...
State Shinto, established to provide spiritual nourishment for the 'emperor system'
, functioned as an umbrella organisation incorporating all other religions, which
had to abandon any tenets that conflicted with emperor-worship. State Shinto ...
Page 301
Institutionalising irresponsibility The first thing the new rulers did, in an attempt to
solve their colossal legitimacy problem, was to move the Meiji emperor from his
palace in Kyoto to the shogunal castle in Edo, which was renamed Tokyo.
Institutionalising irresponsibility The first thing the new rulers did, in an attempt to
solve their colossal legitimacy problem, was to move the Meiji emperor from his
palace in Kyoto to the shogunal castle in Edo, which was renamed Tokyo.
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Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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| Title | The enigma of Japanese power: people and politics in a stateless nation |
| Author | Karel Van Wolferen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A.A. Knopf, 1989 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General History / Asia / Japan Japan Japan - Economic policy - 1945-1989 Japan - Politics and government - 1945 Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy Political culture Political culture - Japan Political culture/ Japan Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural |
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