vs Tatami chair of Japończykach and Japan - Raphael Tomański
all read "Tatami ...", and I am reading. For the first time in the history of this blog since it happened that I had in hand a book, look at the current bestseller list (13th place on the list of the Republic in March).
confirm that the book is dedicated. But rather for beginners in the subject. It seems to me to recognize it as a valuable Those who are visiting Japan or read much about it. The author himself defines it as "Conversation" - a brief attempt to describe the behavior of Japanese and determine what is hidden behind them, and what is contingent. Tomański approaches the subject systematically, describing the succession issues such as eating, work, language, etc. It lacks the erudition, we would refer to traditional books on Japan, backs up historical examples, is looking for an analogy in European culture. aims at a description of Japan's 21st century, with all its sociological curiosities.
finally puts the argument that Japan has opened too quickly to the West (the forced modernization began in the mid-nineteenth century, after years of isolation-Meiji era), a wholly assimilated the technology, culture and the Japanese turned out to be some stranger, and still are unable to digest it. Hence, Japan is at this moment at the turn and is heading toward a downward spiral (and economic).
'm probably at the moment nastoju cynical, but somehow moved me the fate of Japanese people in crisis. Finally
-which the State of Western civilization widely is not currently on the cusp? That society keep up to 100% for the development of technology? What the country really had a chance to develop in harmony for hundreds of years? For sure it was not our part of Europe, whose fate decided to pay for both the era of isolation, and Meiji in the last few years. As for western countries, it may be ignoring the more egalitarian United States, steady growth (at least until the interwar years), participation was rather privileged classes. I do not know what it is, in principle, different from the Japanese model?
I agree that Japanese is difficult, and perhaps somewhat confused, but who could be easily and who is not really lost its way?
Tomańskiego book refers to the good old days, when people develop harmoniously in accord with its own tradition, so that those days are gone ... for all. Not only for Japan.
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