Images of Japanese society: a study in the social construction of reality
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| adam_text | IMAGES OF
JAPANESE SOCIETY
A Study in the Social Construction of Reality
Ross Mouer and
Yoshio Sugimoto
KEGAN PAUL INTERNATIONAL
London and New York
Contents
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiii
LIST OF TABLES xvii
LIST OF FIGURES xxi
PREFACE» xxv
1 JAPANESE SOCIETY: STEREOTYPES AND REALITIES 1
1 The Recent Interest in Understanding
Japanese Society 1
II Competing Images of Japanese Society 7
III Some Doubts Concerning the Consensus or Group
Model of Japanese Society 10
IV Improving Our Perceptions of Japanese Society 12
V The Importance of Having More Accurate Images of
Japanese Society 17
PART ONE: TWO VIEWS: COMPETING IMAGES OF
JAPANESE SOCIETY 19
2 THE GREAT TRADITION: THEORIES OF UNIFORMITY
AND CONSENSUS IN JAPANESE SOCIETY 21
I The Holistic Approach to Japanese Studies in
English 22
A Anthropological Studies and the Search for a
Rational Whole 23
B The Modernization Approach and the Conferences
on Japan 27
Contents
C The Return to Neo-holistic Conceptions of
Japanese Society 32
D The Learn-from-Japan Boom 36
II The Holistic View of Japanese Society in Japanese
Literature 39
A National Culture 41
B Democratization Theory 44
C Modernization Theory 47
D Neo-holistic Theories of National Character 49
E Theories of the Internationalization of Japanese
Society 52
III Some Common Themes in the Holistic Approach 54
A An Overview 54
B The Promotion of Cultural Relativism 56
3 THE LITTLE TRADITIONS: THEORIES OF CONFLICT
AND VARIATION IN JAPANESE SOCIETY 64
I Conflict as a Continuing Theme in Japanese
Scholarship 64
A An Overview of Conflict in Japanese Society 64
B Citizens Movements 69
II The Concern with Structured Social Inequality 71
A Social Policy 71
B Poverty and Economic Exploitation 74
C The Labor Movement 80
III Some Common Themes in the Little Traditions 82
4 THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONSERVATIVE AND
RADICAL TRADITIONS IN JAPANESE STUDIES 84
I The Question of Larger Traditions and Paradigms 84
II The Distribution of the Two Paradigms in Japanese
Studies 86
III Conflict, Class and Integration: the Limitation of
Holistic and Conflict Models 91
PART TWO: SKEPTICISM: THREE REASONS FOR
DOUBTING THE VALIDITY OF
NIHONJINRON 97
5 SOME EMPIRICAL FINDINGS AT ODDS WITH THE
GROUP MODEL 99
vi
Contents
I Some General Findings 99
II The Presence of Conflict 106
A Popular Disturbances in Postwar Japan 106
B A Comparison of Industrial Conflict in Japan and
Australia ~ 111
C Rethinking Group Theories of Japanese
Society 114
III Income Distribution 115
A Variation over Time 116
B Cross-sectional Variation 119
IV The Need for Empirical Research 128
6 SOME METHODOLOGICAL MISGIVINGS ABOUT
THE GROUP MODEL 129
I Sources of Skepticism: Basic Methodological Lacunae 130
A Sampling 130
B Conceptual Ambiguity 133
C The Unconcern with Methodology 139
II Further Information on Methodology in
Japanology 143
A Nihonjinron as a Methodology: a Content
Analysis 143
B Kotowaza as a Data Base: an Evaluation 151
III Conclusions 155
7 TOWARD A SOCIOLOGY OF JAPANOLOGY 156
I Perspectives from the Sociology of Knowledge 156
II A Functional Framework for Evaluating the
Comparative Study of Japanese Society 158
A Japanese Academic Life and the Generation of
Nihonjinron 158
B The Foreign Researcher 163
III The Ideological Framework for Japanology 168
A In the Service of Specific Interests 169
B The Role of the Japanese Government 177
C The US-Japan Relationship 181
D Orientalism 185
IV Japan as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy 186
PART THREE: THE OBVERSE: TALES OF ANOTHER
JAPAN 189
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Contents
8 THE AUTONOMOUS INDIVIDUAL 191
I Introduction 191
II Leaders and Heroes 193
III Gravitation toward Individual Activity 200
IV Privacy and Private Property as Key Values 205
V Personhood and the Japanese Language 208
VI Conclusions 210
9 THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP 211
I Introduction 211
II The Written Word 216
III The Contractual Relationship 219
IV Social Distance and the Struggle to Associate 227
V Some Cultural Origins of the Dry Relationship 231
VI Conclusions 233
10 SOCIAL CONTROL: CORMORANTS OR FALCONS? 234
I Introduction 234
11 Controls with Various Degrees of Coercion 239
A Watchdogs and Monitors 239
B Indicative Planning and Informal Direction 243
C Regulation 245
D Physical Violence 247
III The Fine Blend of Controls 252
A Controls within the Business Corporation 252
B Socialization and Social Control in the
Educational System 256
C Minimal Deviancy and Social Structure 263
IV Cormorant Fishing and Falconry as Contrastive
Analogies 264
V Conclusions 267
PART FOUR: MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS: TOWARD A
COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR
THE STUDY OF JAPANESE SOCIETY 273
II SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AS A POINT OF
DEPARTURE 275
I Introduction 275
II Social Classes in Japanese Society 277
III Social Mobility 279
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Contents
IV Suggestions from Nakane and the Role of the Firm 281
V Toward a Synthetic Model of Social Stratification 288
12 A MULTIDIMENSIONAL STRATIFICATION FRAMEWORK
FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF
JAPANESE SOCIETY
I Societal Rewards and the Social Ranking of
Individuals
A Societal Rewards: Toward a Definition
B Types of Reward
C Models Which Emphasize the Typology of
Rewards
II Differentiation and the Stratification Variables
A Roles and Individuals
B The Agents of Stratification
C Models Which Emphasize Agents of
Stratification
III Formalization of the Multidimensional Stratification
Model 309
IV The Stratification Model and the Concept of Social
Class 314
V Stratification and the Study of Japanese Society 322
13 THE STRATIFICATION FRAMEWORK IN A
JAPANESE CONTEXT 328
I Societal Rewards in the Japanese Context 328
A Income as Specific to Time and Place 328
B The Importance of Particularistic Demands
within the Japanese Setting 336
C Social Control and Reward Fungibility 338
II Inequality and the Differentiation of Behavior 342
A Political Attitudes 342
B The Male-Female Wage Differential 349
C Language 351
D The Crime Rate 352
E Other Applications 353
III Conclusions 356
14 TESTING THE STRATIFICATION MODEL: SOME
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 360
I Introduction 360
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Contents
II Some Initial Findings 364
A The Ranking of Job Situations 364
B Visual Associations 367
C Semantic Differentials 367
D Criteria for Choosing a Job 369
III Some General Conclusions 372
PART FIVE: RELEVANCE AND NEW DIRECTIONS:
THE FUTURE OF JAPANESE STUDIES 375
15 INTERNATIONALIZATION AND JAPANESE
SOCIETY 377
I Introduction 377
II Internationalism in Japan 379
III The International in Japanese Political Culture 383
IV Internationalization as a Problem of National
Self-identity 388
V Internationalization and Japanese Society: an
Australian Perspective Once Removed 393
VI False Images and International Isolation: Some
Consequences 396
VII Internationalization and the Study of Japanese
Society 400
16 THE FUTURE OF JAPANESE STUDIES 405
I Nihonjinron as a Social Construction: a Summary 405
II Methodological Considerations 408
III Toward a Methodology for the Study of Japanese
Society 414
IV Toward the Internationalization of Japanese
Studies 418
V The Study of Japan as a Personal Concern: Research
as a Set of Choices 424
VI Toward a Moratorium on Nihonjinron 430
APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY FOR THE SURVEY
OF JOB SITUATIONS 433
I Operationalization 433
II The Tabulations 442
III Sampling Procedures 444
IV Some First-order Statistics 447
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NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
Contents
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