A common perception abroad is that Japanese society is docile. This is partly thanks to Western writers who tried to create a single profile of the Japanese in the early to mid-20th century, such as Ruth Benedict in her 1946 book ¡°The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.¡± Today, this dangerous myth of consensus is still propagated by similar outside observers ¡ª and welcomed by Japan¡¯s right.
Dissenting Japan, by William Andrews
360 pages
HURST, Nonfiction.
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