The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture
by Benedict, Ruth
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- Hardcover
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- first
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1947. First edition. Hardback. Good. No DW. 324 pages including index. Size: 8vo - 8" by 5.5". Previous owner's name neatly inscribed at top of the front end page. No other inscriptions or annotations. This is a famous book by the celebrated anthropologist which very much influenced the nature of the post-WWII American occupation of Japan. The book was influential in shaping American ideas about Japanese culture, and popularized the distinction between guilt cultures and shame cultures. More than two million copies of the book have been sold in Japan since it first appeared in translation there. The Japanese social critic and philosopher Tamotsu Aoki said the translated book "helped invent a new tradition for postwar Japan". The book became a bestseller in China in 2005, when relations with the Japanese government were strained. In that year alone, 70,000 copies of the book were sold in China. .
Synopsis
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is an influential study of Japan by Ruth Benedict written at the invitation of the Office of War Information in order to understand and predict the behavior of the Japanese in World War II by reference to a series of contradictions in traditional culture.
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1733
- Title
- The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture
- Author
- Benedict, Ruth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Secker & Warburg, 1947
- Keywords
- Japan Anthropology Social Sciences Sociology Shame Guilt Cultures QSE
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David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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