Japan's Ethnicity and Social Stratification

Question 1

Define Nihonjinron and the concept of homogeneity.

Answer 1

Japanese culture as innate and unchanging. Contrasts Japanese values ( homogeneity, harmony groupism) with Western individualism
Key theories: vertical society based on hierarchy and dependency

Question 2

Explain Nihonjinron and the concept of homogeneity.

Question 3

Significance of Nihonjinron and the concept of homogeneity.

Answer 3

Critique: ahistorical, assumes homogeneity and serves ideological interests.