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 209
... exists to protect them . Never adding up to a system based on rational , philosophical principles of justice ... exist for and of themselves as autonomous entities ; only the state does . In Japan , state sovereignty is heaven ...
... exists to protect them . Never adding up to a system based on rational , philosophical principles of justice ... exist for and of themselves as autonomous entities ; only the state does . In Japan , state sovereignty is heaven ...
Page 227
... exist on different levels far more clearly separated than is suggested by the usual dichotomy of theory and practice , or form and substance . If it were otherwise , the System , dependent as it is on informal relations , would cease to ...
... exist on different levels far more clearly separated than is suggested by the usual dichotomy of theory and practice , or form and substance . If it were otherwise , the System , dependent as it is on informal relations , would cease to ...
Page 256
... exist ; this was the core of the ideology . The regime , for its part , appreciated the necessity of a certain measure of doctrinal flexibility . From the mid - eighteenth century onward , the intellectual fashion within the government ...
... exist ; this was the core of the ideology . The regime , for its part , appreciated the necessity of a certain measure of doctrinal flexibility . From the mid - eighteenth century onward , the intellectual fashion within the government ...
Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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