Japanese Society: Tradition, Self, and the Social Order (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521315524)

As the world's only major industrial society yet to emerge from outside the Western tradition, Japan has evolved into an industrial state very different from those of the West. Robert Smith argues that this difference is found not so much in organisational and institutional forms as in the Japanese view of the relationship of individuals to one another and to society as a whole. He traces the origin of this difference to the historical traditions of Japan, which rest on cultural premises quite unlike those of the Western world. His compelling and convincing analysis of contemporary Japanese society has far-reaching implications for our understanding of the nature of the modern industrial world.

Author: Robert J. Smith
ISBN-10: 0521315522
ISBN-13: 9780521315524
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/26/1985
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.53w x 0.54d