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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is an influential 1946 study of Japan by American anthropologist Ruth Benedict. It was written at the invitation of the U.S. Office of War Information, in order to understand and predict Read More..

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Description	The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is an influential 1946 study of Japan by American anthropologist Ruth Benedict. It was written at the invitation of the U.S. Office of War Information, in order to understand and predict the behavior of the Japanese in World War II by reference to a series of contradictions in traditional culture. The book was influential in shaping American ideas about Japanese culture during the occupation of Japan, and popularized the distinction between guilt cultures and shame cultures.Ezra F. Vogel, Foreword, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1989)Although it has received harsh criticism, the book has continued to be influential. Two anthropologists wrote in 1992 that there is "a sense in which all of us have been writing footnotes to [Chrysanthemum] since it appeared in 1946". Plath, David W., and Robert J. Smith, "How 'American' Are Studies of Modern Japan Done in the United States", in Harumi Befu and Joseph Kreiner, eds., Otherness of Japan: Historical and Cultural Influences on Japanese Studies in Ten Countries, Munchen: The German Institute of Japanese Studies, as quoted in Ryang, Sonia, "Chrysanthemum's Strange Life: Ruth Benedict in Postwar Japan", accessed January 13, 2007 The Japanese, Benedict wrote, areboth aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways...Ruth Benedict, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, page 2, 1946The book also affected Japanese conceptions of themselves.Kent, Pauline, "Japanese Perceptions of the Chrysanthemum and the Sword," Dialectical Anthropology 24.2 (1999): 181. The book was translated into Japanese in 1948 and became a bestseller in the People's Republic of China when relations with Japan soured.Fujino, Akira, Tribune News Service, 'Book on Japanese culture proves a bestseller in China", The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, January 8, 2006
Description	The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is an influential 1946 study of Japan by American anthropologist Ruth Benedict. It was written at the invitation of the U.S. Office of War Information, in order to understand and predict the behavior of the Japanese in World War II by reference to a series of contradictions in traditional culture. The book was influential in shaping American ideas about Japanese culture during the occupation of Japan, and popularized the distinction between guilt cultures and shame cultures.Ezra F. Vogel, Foreword, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1989)Although it has received harsh criticism, the book has continued to be influential. Two anthropologists wrote in 1992 that there is "a sense in which all of us have been writing footnotes to [Chrysanthemum] since it appeared in 1946". Plath, David W., and Robert J. Smith, "How 'American' Are Studies of Modern Japan Done in the United States", in Harumi Befu and Joseph Kreiner, eds., Otherness of Japan: Historical and Cultural Influences on Japanese Studies in Ten Countries, Munchen: The German Institute of Japanese Studies, as quoted in Ryang, Sonia, "Chrysanthemum's Strange Life: Ruth Benedict in Postwar Japan", accessed January 13, 2007 The Japanese, Benedict wrote, areboth aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways...Ruth Benedict, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, page 2, 1946The book also affected Japanese conceptions of themselves.Kent, Pauline, "Japanese Perceptions of the Chrysanthemum and the Sword," Dialectical Anthropology 24.2 (1999): 181. The book was translated into Japanese in 1948 and became a bestseller in the People's Republic of China when relations with Japan soured.Fujino, Akira, Tribune News Service, 'Book on Japanese culture proves a bestseller in China", The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, January 8, 2006

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Name	The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
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Authors	Ruth Benedict
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Genre	History/Anthropology
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Language	English
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Pages	324 pp (first edition)
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Isbn	978-0-395-50075-0
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Oclc	412839
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Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
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Pub_date	1946
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