Japanese political culture
Abstract
This publication is the translation from Japanese of a chapter “Japanese political culture” from a recent monograph “Seiju riron” (“Political Theory) by the distinguished political scientist Inoguchi Takashi, issued in 2015 by Minerva Publishers. His long-time research is not limited by traditional approaches to political culture, which include the investigation of mass consciousness and institution analysis. The researcher showed that the consideration of the specifics of such phenomena as trust and domination of collectivist values appeared to be insufficient to provide a comprehensive and adequate picture of the Japanese political culture. Neither excessively stressing individualism or collectivism, nor extremely underlining trust or distrust, Japanese political culture transforms itself according to endogenous and exogenous changes. The present research includes the conceptualization of such fundamental factors as historical narrative, historical memory, socio-political myths, identity, which are no less important than factors such as the political system design and the specific ratio of political forces.
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Inoguchi T. Japanese political culture. Yearbook Japan. 2017;46:76-96. (In Russ.)
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