The origin of Japanese culture and, the world view as its logical conclusion.
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	1. Culture and civilization.
	Now, there are several works to do before it tries to examine the origin of Japanese culture. It is the definition of culture and of civilization, and is the making clear the relationship between culture and civilization, and community or peoples. Since it thinks that the detailed explanation is unnecessary because it already was stated in the "civilization and living body", it thinks of the problems to lurk in a civilization, after stating only the several essential points. Then, in the end part of this knot, it refers to the idea that the human world has the point common in the ecosystem. 1. Individual and civilization. The mankind forms the community for the reproduction and predation and for defence, and so on, as other animals are so. However, the human social form and the sight of human society are very different, corresponding to each community, each environment, each time, and so on. In other words, at least the mankind has not only the hereditary method for the behavior but also the acquired method to be based on the hereditary method. And, it can say that the acquired method like that is culture. And, the culture gives civilization the birth as a time. Especially today, it would be difficult considerably that our life is maintained without civilization. Thereupon it explains simple about the feature of civilization, that is, the definite specialization systems. 1, The existence of the definite politics system. The existence of the bureaucracy to practice the national intention. The existence of the military-strength assuring the function the powers have. 2, The existence of each organization to be concerned with the life base. That is, the farming, industry, trade, communication, distribution, etc. 3, The existence of the specialist groups supporting the above specialization systems. And, it is said that the above specialist groups roughly are classed to the next 3 field, that is, it is a mental field, a scientific field, a technological field. In passing, the nucleus of the military-strength roughly is the armed forces. Furthermore, the sword like that the powers hold is turned to the inside of the community at the certain situation as a time. Then, at the community, those mental footings materialize with the various concrete forms. That is, it is a politics system, an economic system, and the fine arts, a life-style, a style of architecture, and so on. And, the efficiency of the machines and tools and so on also are the appearance of culture as well. In other words, it is said the whole of the appearance of culture like that is civilization in the so-called narrow sense. If it likens a culture to a painter's mind and technological ability or other, it can think that civilization is the painter's works, that is, the expression of painter's mind. Therefore, it can't assert that a culture necessarily bears a civilization. If so, why would a culture give a civilization the birth as a time? It seem to be because the culture fuses each member's ego to the community for the effective management of the community. In other words, it can think that the culture is the origin of the social norms maintaining the community, is the only centripetal force of the community. Therefore, the powers mechanism is only the empty organ unable to function if culture in the said society stays to poor condition. In other words, it is that it is difficulty that the powers mechanism functions in the human society if the culture is in the terribly ruined condition. Or, it rather may be better to say it is impossible. Anyhow, the importance of a culture is in this. However, it doesn't seem that today the political leaders at least in Japan have concern to the culture itself so though it interests oneself in the constructing of the buildings for a cultural event and in economical interests or other. Then, the general people also are caught to one's desires and economical interest excessively, don't interest oneself in culture so. Certainly, the museums of art, the concert halls, and so on in Japan came to be fine, today. And, the cultural assets inherited to today from the ancient time also are preserved by the state under careful treatment. However, it can't assert that it is thinking our culture itself important. Rather it seems to be concentrating on only the maintenance of the culture assets or construction of its receptacles. It probably would be because the government and even the general people tend to be caught to the efficiency on organization or life, the economic efficiency, and so on, too much. The culture is born of the fused egos, that is, the sense of togetherness by the information transmission among each member composing the community and by the mental exchange, it thinks. And, if the culture is inherited to next generation well, the sense of togetherness in the community becomes stronger. Conversely, if it doesn't go well, the centripetal force in the said community becomes weak with losing the mental exchange. Wouldn't we be forgetting the thing? By the way, it can think that the culture is the acquired method for the perception and for the exchange of information if it considers the point of view on the brain. And, if it explains the culture with the viewpoint of the ego, it can say that the culture is the standards for behavior born of the people's fused egos. Furthermore, if it is seen from the biological viewpoint, it can think that the culture is the footing of the powers mechanism and is the acquired method for the species-preservation. Therefore, the degeneration of culture brings the crisis of the community, making the function of the powers mechanism weak because of the weakened centripetal force of community. If so, it would have to think that the degeneration of the culture weakens the life force of the community. Reference : 9: The logic inherent in civilization and ego. In passing, if the sword of state often is aimed to the people of one's country, the social condition like that is the evidence the function of powers mechanism got weakened terribly. It is because the social centripetal force and the effectiveness in social standards can't but become weak under the social condition like that because the fusion of egos to the society is difficult. And, it can't assert this is only foreign problem. It is because recently the powers mechanism and people having social power looks to have started to confine freedom of speech with the power of money or with manipulating the social atmosphere secretly or with the penalties. By any chance, the present voter turnout apt to decline may be the evidence that the social centripetal force is weakening. This is the very anxious problem for future Japan. Today, the economic efficiency is given priority about anything from not only the state and organization but also the persons. So, the people's ability and time almost is used to enhance the efficiency like that. Therefore, there isn't time the people think one's life and culture deeply. It is because it is caught to only the knowhow without considering the meaning and mental footing of the knowhow. So, the exchange of information for the individuals is becoming thin in the home and community increasingly. Needless to say, this means that the fusion of each ego to the society becomes difficult. So, finally it is that it brings the ruin of culture. Today, it seems the persons are about to lose the consistency of one's recognition because it is ruled by the knowhow to be used for one's convenience in each time originally. If so, it can say that it is natural that the social recognition loses the consistency. Recently, it seems that the common persons' crimes hard to understand, and the fake religions are increasing. Those social phenomenons seem to be related to the problems of the not fused egos and the problem about the lack of consistency of recognition. Therefore, it doesn't seem that the problems of above-mentioned social phenomenon are solved only with the temporary measures. It seems that the social policy to make recognition have consistency and to make fusion of each ego easy is necessary. But, the recognition with the consistency it stated here isn't the objective recognition. It is because the subjective recognition holding the consistency, is the footing of objective recognition and logical thinking. The true recognition persistently is maintained with understanding the whole subjectively. The objective recognition in this case is only the tool necessary to get the understanding like that. By the way, why would Japan have been defeated in the Second World War? It thinks that it is because the persons having the true recognition above mentioned were a few. In other words, it seems that it is because the people were caught to the confined objective recognition with the narrow viewpoint too much. Then, as it stated in other paper, it is because the persons to administer the politics were caught to the wishful thinking because of one's excessive worldly desire, and lost the consistency of the recognition. And, this problem often is seen at other nations. But, this never be the problem of only the other nations or the past problem. As a matter of fact, this also is our present problem. We would have to think carefully about this problem, with the subjective recognition having the consistency. If not, we again may repeat the past mistake. Today, it seems there is the bad tendency to try to make certain persons leave from community or organization, with various pressure. And, first, the mood like that appears as the unconcern and noninterference against the strangers, the weak persons in society, and the persons difficult of adjusting himself to the organization. However, it often changes to the more bad condition. In other words, it often changes to the definite intent of expulsion about the persons like that. The mood of expulsion called "ijime" in Japan should be said to be the serious social problem anymore. It is certain that the mood of expulsion like that has to be criticized. But, it also includes the social and religious problem in that the mood of expulsion may obstruct the fusion of the egos troubled in the mood like that more than before. And, today, the persons like that never be a few in the community, organization and school. There is strong possibility their bitterness to the society is changed to the aimed strong hatred against the society. And, the hatred like that tempts them to commit the horrific crimes as a time. If it recollects the recent disgusting murder incidents, the thing would be understood at once. And, the persons selected as the victim by them are almost the persons weak more than them. If it considers the thing, it seems that the influence of the chain reaction of the hatred like that is horrible for the society. This doesn't seem to be the problem able to finish, with ignoring. Needless to say, it necessarily isn't that the oppressed persons commit the crimes. It is certain that the hereditary element and ethical recognition decides his behavior. Anyhow, it can't ignore that they also are the citizen of Japan. For example, it supposes 0.01 percent of the citizens of Japan as the above-mentioned dangerous person. And, it supposes that it drove them out of Japan or shut them into the closed place somewhere. However, If the social condition isn't changed, it has to think that again the above-mentioned dangerous persons in 0.01 percent appear, corresponding to the social environment like that. The creatures all have the biological characteristic like that. Needless to say, it needs to cope strictly against the crimes. But, it is hard to solve this problem, in only the coping like that. If it tries to control them by force, it can't assert that the action like that doesn't make above percentage increase. It is because there is possibility the action like that makes the social environment worse. We also have to think about this problem in social environment. Anyhow, those are the problems in the culture, and are the problems unable to dodge for the continuation of Japanese peoples even if it is seen from the viewpoint of the fusion of egos. 2. Ecosystem and the diverse human world. By the way, as it stated before, the concept of peoples is related to culture deeply. It isn't mere biological concept or mere material concept. In other words, it has to think the concept of peoples is composed of the various viewpoint, that is, the biological viewpoint and the psychological viewpoint, the historical viewpoint, and so on, if the understanding about the culture and civilization mentioned in the above is proper. And, if it tries to conceptualize the certain people as the peoples, it also needs to feel that each member in the said community has the similar feature about their members in various meaning. In other words, as for the conception of peoples, it needs such subjective recognition that the members not only have the common points in the language and in the form of behavior but also are in the close relation biologically. Therefore, it has to think that as the historic fact, their ancestors had maintained the relatively large community or the nation for considerably long period, before the formation of peoples. In other words, it is certain the formation of peoples needs not only the mixing of each blood and culture and language but also each member's sense of togetherness in the community. In that reason, there is the possibility new peoples to be called for example the U.S.A peoples are born if the various people in the United States of America promote the mixing of each blood and if they make their characteristic culture develop furthermore while keeping on maintaining their country for long. But, in this case, it seems to be necessary that America is in the more isolated condition than the present U.S.A., is the smaller country than the present U.S.A. In other words, it is that the peoples never be the everlastingly fixed existence. It rather should say the peoples are the organism repeating frequently the birth, the separation and fusion, under the various environment, that is, the geographical condition, the climate condition, and the change of supremacy and so on. So, the future considerations all are based on the above-mentioned conceptions. By the way, it seems there is the persons thinking that the mankind can acquire the peace with being dyed to one culture. However, would it be so really? Needless to say, the mankind is creature. It can't live without the diverse ecosystem. And, it is known well that the simple ecosystem is very weak against the change of environment. Even if it is exposed to the so not serious crisis, it falls into the ruin easily. And, since the human world is one part of ecosystem, above logic about ecosystem also has to be applied to the human world. In other words, it isn't allowed that the diverse culture and peoples lack for the development of mankind. We would have to think deeply about this problem especially today. It is because we are being exposed to the violent waves of globalization and the violent change of natural environment really now.
NEXT PAGE			Introduction. The mental problems of Japan. # 1. Culture and civilization. Ecosystem and the diverse human world. # 2. The fundamental understanding to Japanese culture. # 2-1. The formation of Japanese peoples. # 2-2. About Japanese language. # 2-3. Japanese culture and the Japanese people's brain. # 3. The soul of Jomon lurking to Japanese gods and goddesses. # 3-1. The origin of Japanese double standard. # 3-2. The divine nature of the gods of the Koto-ama-tu-kami. # 3-3. The change in the divine nature at the gods and goddesses. # 3-4. The country of the gods and goddesses.
	# 3-5. The birth of Ebisu. # 4. The world view Jomon people think. # 4-1. The Jomon world : The profit and the barter economy. # 4-2. The religion for Jomon people. # 4-3. "The myth of birth of Japanese countries" and "the thought of Itak". # 4-4. The world view lurking to us. # 5. The subject and object to realize into "Kan-musubi" and "Takami-musubi". # 6. The physical world the cognition-subject sees. (Characteristic time, Subjective time, and Objective time.) # 7. The information and the cognition-subject.
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