Japan: the Crisis of Cultural Identity at a Meeting with Western Civilization
The Japanese cultural identity problem on the border line of 19-20cc. is considered in the article. For Japan it had been the period of wide introduction of the achievements of much more advanced, especially in technical and personal consumption level, Western civilization. However the process of incorporation of Western worldview was rather discrepant. The strive for modernization of traditional worldview led to utter changes in all social habits. It caused inevitable mental and emotional strains typical for such dramatic periods of cultural history.