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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

Ruth Benedict, 1946

Seen on screen onceLast seen in Mad Men, S4 E5

via Bookshop.org · ISBN 9780618619597

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The Honda cram: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

Benedict wrote it at the invitation of the U.S. Office of War Information, and it came out in 1946. It made the split between guilt cultures and shame cultures famous. She never set foot in Japan to write it. She worked from interviews and wartime documents, which is still more prep than a Benihana dinner.

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