This work posits a complex system of (*) debt-repayment that underlies society and describes the importance of "clearing one's name" in a section about self-denial for the sake of duty, dubbed giri.
This work's examination of child-rearing was revisited in The Anatomy of Dependence, which posited "amae" as an explanation for this work's central questions. Clifford Geertz likened this work to a satire by Jonathan Swift, and it has been criticized for the unusual experiences of a case study named Robert. This work describes it subjects as "debtor[s] to the ages" and includes a section on the regularity of gardens. This work posits a complex system of (*) debt-repayment that underlies society and describes the importance of "clearing one's name" in a section about self-denial for the sake of duty, dubbed giri. Famously contrasting American "guilt culture" with the "shame culture"of its subject, for 10 points, name this 1946 study of Japan by Ruth Benedict.
This work's examination of child-rearing was revisited in The Anatomy of Dependence, which posited "amae" as an explanation for this work's central questions.
The {Chrysanthemum} and the {Sword}: Patterns of Japanese Culture