tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post7376590897219132389..comments2024-03-27T14:35:59.406-07:00Comments on The Outsider: No ApologiesPaññobhāsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-47071562242513415472019-07-29T01:25:43.156-07:002019-07-29T01:25:43.156-07:00"It used to be said that Japan had a guilt-ba..."It used to be said that Japan had a guilt-based culture."<br /><br />I don't think so. In Ruth Benedict's _The Chrysanthemum and the Sword_, the primary source for the anthropological distinction between guilt-based and shame-based cultures, Japan is regarded as a very pure example of the latter.Dhammanando Bhikkhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692257293719568946noreply@blogger.com