The taming of the samurai : honorific individualism and the making of modern Japan / Eiko Ikegami.

This book demonstrates how Japan's so-called harmonious collective culture is paradoxically connected with a history of conflict. Ikegami contends that contemporary Japanese culture is based upon two remarkably complementary ingredients, honorable competition and honorable collaboration. The hi...

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Main Author: Ikegami, Eiko.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
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Call Number: DS827.S3 I54 1995
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