The Nature of the Japanese State: Rationality and Rituality(Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the role of bureaucracy in Japanese politics.To many in the West, Japan appears as a paradox: a rational, high-tech economic superpower and yet at the same time a deeply ritualistic and ceremonial society. This adventurous new study demonstrate