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Japanese society

Presents a configuration of the important elements to be found in contemporary Japanese social life, and attempts to shed new light on Japanese society. The author deals with his own society as a social anthropologist using some of the methods which he was accustomed to applying in examining any other society.
Print Book, English, 1972, ©1970
1st pbk. ed View all formats and editions
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1972, ©1970
xi, 157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780520016422, 9780520021549, 0520016424, 0520021541
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Criteria of group formation. Attribute and fame
Emotional participation and one-to-one relationships
The internal structure of the group. The development of ranking
The fundamental structure of vertical organization
Qualification of the leader and interpersonal relations in the group
The undifferentiated role of the group member
The overall structure of the society
Characteristics and value orientation of Japanese man. From school to employment
The web of comradeship
Localism and tangibility
Translation of: タテ社会の人間関係
Translation of: Tateshakai no ningen kankei