Ever since Ruth Benedict used the term 'shame culture' in her book, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (1946) to describe the culture of the Japanese, discussions concerning them have periodically employed both the term 'shame culture' and the concept of shame to explain certain characteristics of the Japanese people. Although the term has not been used to a great extent in English language literature, and in fact has been tabooed as a method of characterizing whole cultures by most anthropologists and those psychologists involved in the study of shame, it has nevertheless tended to be used both directly and indirectly in much of the literature called Nihonjinron. Little empirical study, however, has been conducted on shame in Japan. Therefore when the Japanese word for shame, haji, was given prominence in reports by the media covering the recent spate of political scandals in Japan, it was decided to include questions on just what people thought shame meant in an detailed questionnaire being conducted on the voter's perceptions of local politicians and their policies.
雑誌名
Nichibunken Japan review : bulletin of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies
巻
3
ページ
97 - 130
発行年
1992-01-01
ISSN
09150986
書誌レコードID
AA10759175
フォーマット
application/pdf
著者版フラグ
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その他の言語のタイトル
市民にとっての恥の意識 : 調査データにもとづいて
出版者
International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Shame as a Social Sanction in Japan : Shameful Behaviour as Perceived by the Voting Public
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