oh, you mean this planet?
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A unique way of looking at, and experiencing the world directly (despite otherwise being a parochial culture) rather than in a mediated way through other cultures There seems to be a Japanese way of thinking about the whole world that is not just a borrowed/inherited foreign way
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You are using the term “consciousness” in a culturalistic context, less in the traditional sense of the word.
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Wouldn’t feudal qualify too, and it has been around for much longer too. Morphed somewhat (in some places), but still v recognisable
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No feudalism was always a globally local thing. It never connected into a global consciousness.
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It’s not a specific thing. More an impression I get from things like manga, their unique way of doing UI/UX, invention of emoji etc The symptom might be a signature way of dealing with modernity. America goes big. Japan goes weird. Others follow some mix of the two.
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It might be because it's an island nation. We either go completely insular, and don't see beyond the shoreline, or we go completely outwards and welcome the world.
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