- 15 Feb 2018 05:43
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Japanese culture is unique, rich and amazing in many respects. On the one hand- extraordinary politeness, on the other hand - courage and readiness for self-sacrifice. Rare diligence is combined with a heightened sense of honor and deep devotion to the emperor, suzerain, teacher or head of a company. Finally, the amazing ability to borrow and assimilate, adopt and develop the achievements of other peoples, cultures, while preserving its own, national, peculiar, Japanese individuality.
The effectiveness of the impact of Japanese culture is due to its inherent borrowing mechanism - a universal principle, the essence of which is that the increment of foreign cultural values is based on existing cultural traditions, but in no case replaces them. However, it should be borne in mind that the evolution of Japanese civilization intersects with the evolution of Western civilization, which seeks to limit the development of Japanese culture by imposing its values.
The defeat in the Second World War became a national tragedy for the Japanese people, which led to devastating consequences. After Japan came under total American influence, and the American pseudo-democratic values were imposed on the Japanese, the destruction of the original Japanese culture began.
Skillfully taking advantage of such features of the Japanese character as unquestioning obedience to the leaders, the Americans were able to become a model for imitation for the Japanese people. And now it is possible to speak rather conditionally of Japan as an independent state. All the nation's vital decisions are taken by the elite of the society with a look at the big host, i.e. USA. The US military forces still occupy a significant part of the country's territory.
The moral disintegration of the Japanese ethnos took place in the West European ethnic space and the moral diseases of the West are also characteristic of the Japanese. Without an attractive spiritual orientation, Japanese society has turned into a society consisting of consumers.
For many years, "Americanization" was perceived by many Japanese as a symbol of spiritual dependence, which will eventually lead to the denial by the Japanese people of their own culture and the loss of their national identity.
"Americanization" really spread not only in breadth, but also deep into the consciousness, leading to a change in the norms of behavior and consumption, established perceptions and orientations. However, fears of zealots of Japanese traditions and cultural specifics did not come true. Having absorbed many elements of the spiritual and cultural life of the West, Japanese culture retained its brightest identity and yet lost none of its fundamental features.
The effectiveness of the impact of Japanese culture is due to its inherent borrowing mechanism - a universal principle, the essence of which is that the increment of foreign cultural values is based on existing cultural traditions, but in no case replaces them. However, it should be borne in mind that the evolution of Japanese civilization intersects with the evolution of Western civilization, which seeks to limit the development of Japanese culture by imposing its values.
The defeat in the Second World War became a national tragedy for the Japanese people, which led to devastating consequences. After Japan came under total American influence, and the American pseudo-democratic values were imposed on the Japanese, the destruction of the original Japanese culture began.
Skillfully taking advantage of such features of the Japanese character as unquestioning obedience to the leaders, the Americans were able to become a model for imitation for the Japanese people. And now it is possible to speak rather conditionally of Japan as an independent state. All the nation's vital decisions are taken by the elite of the society with a look at the big host, i.e. USA. The US military forces still occupy a significant part of the country's territory.
The moral disintegration of the Japanese ethnos took place in the West European ethnic space and the moral diseases of the West are also characteristic of the Japanese. Without an attractive spiritual orientation, Japanese society has turned into a society consisting of consumers.
For many years, "Americanization" was perceived by many Japanese as a symbol of spiritual dependence, which will eventually lead to the denial by the Japanese people of their own culture and the loss of their national identity.
"Americanization" really spread not only in breadth, but also deep into the consciousness, leading to a change in the norms of behavior and consumption, established perceptions and orientations. However, fears of zealots of Japanese traditions and cultural specifics did not come true. Having absorbed many elements of the spiritual and cultural life of the West, Japanese culture retained its brightest identity and yet lost none of its fundamental features.