Collective Consciousness And Its Influence On Japan's National Character

The collective consciousness of Japan national character is an important factor that makes the Japanese cohered.It continued to exist in Japan throughout the history of social development process,and formulated far-reaching impact on the establishment of its domestic and foreign policies.The main causes of the collective consciousness include four aspects.Narrow terrain,frequent natural disasters,geographical environment lack of natural resources and the enormous stress from advanced civilization surrounding the country are the objective foundation of the Japanese collective consciousness;The formation of the national homogeneity offered cultural assurance for the establishment of the collective consciousness;Japanese traditional family system created the organizational conditions for the formation of the collective consciousness;The arbitrary regime accelerated the formation and consolidation of the collective consciousness.The interaction of the natural environment and social conditions achieved Japanese highly unified collective consciousness.The Japanese collective consciousness embodys four aspects massly.National superiority were the catalyst of its extreme nationalism,and eventually became a fundamental criteria to guide their behaviors;The performance of patriotic loyalty behaved unconditional obedience to the emperor and country,became the main performance of the false imprisonment of the nation,and also was a very representative social personality of the whole nation;Narrow nation psychological identity was one culprit that causesd its militarist expansion;The shame psychology is an important factor that constrains the whole nation's group thinking.The collective consciousness has an extensive impact on the Japanese development. Politically,the collective consciousness promoted the Japanese to launch a long-term war of aggression,continued to deny responsibilities for the war after the war,eventually made the resurgence of nationalism in the formation of a new nationalism.Economically,Japan formed its unique enterprise management system under the influence of the collective consciousness,and finally created the miracle of the post-war Japanese economic take-off;On artistic creation, Japanese formed distinct ambiguity and independence.The collective consciousness is one of the best points of view to research Japanese society. Analyzing and grasping fully and thoroughly the effect of Japanese collective consciousness in the whole process of social development,can let us guide future Sino-Japanese exchanges more effectively.