The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation"The first full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political/industrial system"--Cover subtitle. |
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Page 8
... things are portrayed the way they are supposed to be . How things are supposed to be tends to coincide , of course , with the immediate interests of one's group . For the past four centuries the Japanese people have been told to ...
... things are portrayed the way they are supposed to be . How things are supposed to be tends to coincide , of course , with the immediate interests of one's group . For the past four centuries the Japanese people have been told to ...
Page 14
... things in their own countries , it is something of a Utopia . We are often warned , especially in academic literature , that we must resist treating Japan as too special a case . And it is a good thing , of course , to emphasise that ...
... things in their own countries , it is something of a Utopia . We are often warned , especially in academic literature , that we must resist treating Japan as too special a case . And it is a good thing , of course , to emphasise that ...
Page 235
... things even easier , the Japanese have a relevant terminology : tatemae , or the way things are presented , ostensible motives , formal truth , the façade , pretence , the way things are supposed to be ( often wrongly translated by ...
... things even easier , the Japanese have a relevant terminology : tatemae , or the way things are presented , ostensible motives , formal truth , the façade , pretence , the way things are supposed to be ( often wrongly translated by ...
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