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Hierarchy

In: The Success of Competitive-Communism in Japan

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  • Douglas Moore Kenrick

    (Asiatic Society of Japan)

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In Japan hierarchy is no abstract term. It is a very real fact of life which overrides and bypasses the ‘class’ divisions of Western industrialised countries. As Westerners believe in equality and free enterprise, so Japanese believe in holding their proper station. Every person’s status is clearly defined and acknowledged by all he meets. Minute gradings of rank are carefully distinguished so that everyone is able to relate his position to those with whom he comes in contact. Visiting cards, a major tool of the system, give not only names, addresses and phone numbers but also rank. They show the fraternity the individual belongs to and his status within it. Cards should be exchanged when strangers meet so that each knows the other’s position and is then able to behave in accordance with it.

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  • Douglas Moore Kenrick, 1988. "Hierarchy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Success of Competitive-Communism in Japan, chapter 8, pages 75-81, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-19367-7_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-19367-7_8
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