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Modern Japanese culture is considered to be part of "western society", for better or worse.
by coliveira 6y ago
Modern Japanese culture is considered to be part of "western society", for better or worse.
- trophycase 6y agoIs it really though?
- aspaceman 6y agoYou could make the argument. Japan was actively xenophobic and exclusionary to practically all but the Dutch. And after that their biggest influence was U.S. occupation during the 50s. Lots of “western” influence there. (Obviously in actual critical work, the word western isn’t useful at all as it doesn’t have much meaning)
- Bayart 6y agoI'd say their biggest influence was Classical Chinese culture.
- lolsal 6y agoThe converse statement is something like "Japan is not an eastern society" which just sounds... laughably incorrect.
- fragmede 6y agoOf course it sounds ridiculous. Boolean algebra says the validity of a statement's converse is independent of the original. P → Q, tells us little about Q → P.