Nihonjinron
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Nihonjinron (日本人論, "discourse on the Japanese") is a Japanese term referring to a genre of discourses that posit and examine certain unique characteristics, behaviors, or thinking-patterns of the Japanese people.
In the West, nihonjinron has sometimes been seen as a nationalist ideology comparable to Nazism. In Japan, however, nihonjinron has sometimes been used to criticize the Japanese for underachievement and failures.
Also many foreign authors have written nihonjinron such as Ruth Benedict's The Chrysanthemum and the Sword and Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery among others.
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