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The Japanese Phenomenon of the Interaction between Culture and Power: From the Past to the Present

Abstract

The paper offers an analysis of philosophic and ontological principles accounting for the high position culture has occupied in the hierarchy of the Japanese socium since the ancient times. The author investigates philosophic conceptions of authority which are presented in Japan within Shinto, Buddhist and Confucianic worldviews, reveals the role of speech etiquette and, in particular, honorifc (polite and respectful) style in maintaining the harmony in interpersonal and business relations in the modern Japanese society.

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Galina Gvozdevskaya
Moscow University for the Humanities
Russian Federation


References

1. Сэнсом Дж. Япония. Краткая история изучения. - СПб., 1999. - С. 55.

2. Фукуяма Ф. Конфуцианство и демократия / пер. Т. Чернышовой // Journal of Democracy. 1995. Vol. 6. N 2. - P. 30. - URL: http://www.politnauka.org/library/dem/fukuyama2.php#13


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Gvozdevskaya G. The Japanese Phenomenon of the Interaction between Culture and Power: From the Past to the Present. Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences. 2012;(12):99-105. (In Russ.)



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