The Dignity of the Nation

Overview

The title of the book mimics the title of a nationalist pamphlet issued by the Japanese government in 1937. The Dignity of a State criticizes the emphasis on Western logic and individuality in Japanese society, and calls for a return to the value system of bushido. It criticizes democracy, citing Adolf Hitler as an example of a leader using democracy to manipulate citizens. It also criticizes the market economy, which Fujiwara claims is widening the economic gap between the wealthy and impoverished in Japan, and globalism, which Fujiwara claims is only a "strategy of the U.S. that seeks world domination after the Cold War."

A recurring theme of the book is that American ideas of freedom and equality do not even work in the United States, so they should not be applied in Japanese society.