Vectors of transformation of the political culture of Japan under the influence of global instability (The Russian translation of the Chapter from the book of Takashi Inoguchi "Political theory")
The article is an extended introduction to the Russian translation of a chapter “Japanese political culture” from a recent monograph by a prominent political thinker Inoguchi Takashi “Seiji riron” (“Political Theory) issued in 2015 by Minerva Publishers. The chapter contains a comprehensive analysis of Japan's political culture, of various factors of its formation (historical and geographical, spiritual, religious, political, socio-cultural), etc. Fundamental doctrines and concepts, as well as the characteristics of political culture that existed in Japan during major periods of history, specific characteristics of the key parameters of the Japanese polity, institutions, and mechanisms of their functioning are also covered by professor Inoguchi. The author of the article commenting on the chapter also analyzes the very notion of "political culture" and its various interpretations by modern political scientists, as well as the set of arguments by the Japanese political philosopher concerning the differences between Western and non-Western political cultures.