Nihonjinron concerns accounts emphasising Japanese cultural uniqueness. Such accounts can turn useful distinctions into assumptions about a homogeneous national character. Critical use examines internal diversity and the evidence for particular claims, distinguishing an influential cultural discourse from a reliable predictor of any individual’s communication.
- FamilyModel
- Category of its source unitConcepts & Constructs
- DomainAcross Cultures
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Concepts & Constructs
Delimits an entity, property, relation or condition relevant to understanding communication. Its principal contribution is to clarify what something means, which features constitute it, and how to recognize or distinguish it.