The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

by Ruth Benedict

Overview

This book is a profound and comprehensive presentation of Japanese daily manners and customs, a study and history of human thought discussing Japan's conduct of World War ll. Author Ruth Benedict revealed the intricate views of the Japanese & more with political, religious and economic issues as well as sexual conduct, Geisha, prostitution, and marriage in their daily lives. A classic of cultural anthropology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781774644430
Publisher:	Rare Treasure Editions
Publication date:	11/11/2021
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
File size:	299 KB

About the Author

RUTH BENEDICT (1887–1948) was one of the twentieth century’s foremost anthropologists and helped to shape the discipline in the United States and around the world. Benedict was a student and later a colleague of Franz Boas at Columbia, where she taught from 1924. Margaret Mead was one of her students. Benedict’s contributions to the field of cultural anthropology are often cited today.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vi
	Foreword	vii
1	Assignment: Japan	1
2	The Japanese in the War	20
3	Taking One's Proper Station	43
4	The Meiji Reform	76
5	Debtor to the Ages and the World	98
6	Repaying One-Ten-Thousandth	114
7	The Repayment 'Hardest to Bear'	133
8	Clearing One's Name	145
9	The Circle of Human Feelings	177
10	The Dilemma of Virtue	195
11	Self-Discipline	228
12	The Child Learns	253
13	The Japanese Since VJ-Day	297
	Glossary	317
	Index	321