"The Circle of Human Feelings" discusses the particulars of bathing, eating, and sexual activity, all the while noting that there is an implicit tension between pleasure and the desire "to harden oneself.
"The Circle of Human Feelings" discusses the particulars of bathing, eating, and sexual activity, all the while noting that there is an implicit tension between pleasure and the desire "to harden oneself." Other sections of this work focus on "the dilemma of virtue" and the prevailing theme of obligations to one's land [*] or one's ancestors. Its author took John Embree's earlier work, Suye Mura, as a model and its most perceptive moments occur during the analysis of "taking one's station," an idealization of the hierarchical that the author connects to the willingness of pilots to sacrifice themselves. Named for a pair of contrasting symbols, that represent the way of the artist versus the way of the warrior, FTP, identify this work subtitled "Patterns of Japanese Culture" by Ruth Benedict.
"The Circle of Human Feelings" discusses the particulars of bathing, eating, and sexual activity, all the while noting that there is an implicit tension between pleasure and the desire "to harden oneself.
{The Chrysanthemum and the Sword}