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Shazhinbatyn, A.
Anthropological Aspect
of Japanese Identity
// Psychology and Psychotechnics.
2013. № 12.
P. 1169-1177.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=63708
Shazhinbatyn, A. Anthropological Aspect
of Japanese Identity
Abstract:
Anthropological approach plays one of the most important roles in modern researches on Japan and
Japanese society and especially in so called theories “Nihondzin ron” and “Nihon bunka ron” (theories on Japanese
ethno-psychological and cultural distinguishing features). Today’s Japanese society is viewed by many researchers
as something completely different from other societies because despite similar levels of overall development in Japan
and other advanced capitalist countries, the former has a higher potential for socio-cultural development. So called
“Japanese personality” is a very important anthropological element of such socio-cultural potential. Today Japanese
studies offer three approaches to interpreting the phenomenon of Japanese personality: westernizing and modernizing
approach that focuses on development of individual personality in Japanese society, uniqueness-based approach that
views Japanese personality as a result of Japanese cultural and social development and Japan-oriented approach that
considers Japanese society and its socio-cultural potentials as the model to be followed by other countries because this
model, in particular, such personal identity, satisfies the requirements of the “future society” defined by researchers as
the “post-industrial society”, “culture epoch society” or “alternative society” and “information society”.
Keywords:
psychology, culture, enlightenment, identity, social development, modernization, anthropology, personality, sociocultural, Japanese.
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