Nancy Rosenberger's book challenges previous simplistic comparisons between Western individualism and non-Western collectivism: the idea, as exemplified by the Japanese, of the self as interactive with society. Through their observations of Japanese life, the authors explain how the Japanese define themselves and communicate with those around them. They discuss what Westerners view as oppositions within the Japanese community and demonstrate how the Japanese reconcile one with the other. The Japanese emerge as complex and multi-faceted, vulnerable to outside influences, but strong enough to determine their own destinies.
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'An ambitious formulation, with all the attendant excitement of originality ... This book ... takes its place as a contribution to ongoing anthropological debate and to a greater understanding of Japanese thought processes.' Joy Hendry, Man
'The authors urge a 'reconsideration' by Western-trained scholars of concepts of self in both Western and non-Western culutures ... [and] emphasizes the common humanity, the seeking, the vulnerability of all people, individually and collectively.' Paul Spackman, International Mind
'The authors urge a 'reconsideration' by Western-trained scholars of concepts of self in both Western and non-Western culutures ... [and] emphasizes the common humanity, the seeking, the vulnerability of all people, individually and collectively.' Paul Spackman, International Mind
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Demonstrating the Japanese ability to reconcile opposition within their community, this presentation of the idea of the self as interactive with society challenges previous simplistic comparisons between Western individualism and non-Western collectivism.
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In this volume, self and the social are studied as interactive rather than opposing processes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reference other orientation, artisanal aesthetic, reference other model, presentational self, interactional self, younger artisans, inner consolidation, empathetic self, reference group theory, surname groups, boundless self, comparative function, medial process, mat rush, merchant households, agricultural machines, generative aspects, male artisans, outer authority, artisanal work, young artisans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of Hawaii Press, Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Princeton University Press, United States, Japanese Patterns of Behavior, New Year, Stanford University Press, Modern Japan, Takie Sugiyama, World War, Free Press, George Herbert, Houghton Mifflin, New Haven, Principal Yoshizawa, The Anatomy of Dependence, The Anatomy of Self, Yale University Press, American Anthropologist, Cornell University, Patterns of Japanese Culture, Situated Social Order New!
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In this volume, self and the social are studied as interactive rather than opposing processes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reference other orientation, artisanal aesthetic, reference other model, presentational self, interactional self, younger artisans, inner consolidation, empathetic self, reference group theory, surname groups, boundless self, comparative function, medial process, mat rush, merchant households, agricultural machines, generative aspects, male artisans, outer authority, artisanal work, young artisans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of Hawaii Press, Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Princeton University Press, United States, Japanese Patterns of Behavior, New Year, Stanford University Press, Modern Japan, Takie Sugiyama, World War, Free Press, George Herbert, Houghton Mifflin, New Haven, Principal Yoshizawa, The Anatomy of Dependence, The Anatomy of Self, Yale University Press, American Anthropologist, Cornell University, Patterns of Japanese Culture, Situated Social Order New!
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- Japanese Patterns of Behavior (East West Center Book) by Takie Sugiyama Lebra on 8 pages
- The Anatomy of Dependence by Takeo Doi M.D. on 6 pages
- The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict on 4 pages
- Japanese Culture and Behaviour: Selected Readings by Takie Sugiyama Lebra on 4 pages
- Culture Theory: Essays on Mind, Self and Emotion by Richard A. Shweder on 4 pages
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- Culture And Self: Philosophical And Religious Perspectives, East And West by Douglas B. Allen on 5 pages
- No One Home: Brazilian Selves Remade in Japan by Daniel Linger on 4 pages
- Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife (Asia: Local Studies/Global Themes) by Robin M. LeBlanc on 4 pages
- Working Out in Japan: Shaping the Female Body in Tokyo Fitness Clubs by Laura Spielvogel in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Psychotherapy and Religion in Japan: The Japanese Introspection Practice of Naikan (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series) by Chikako Ozawa-de Silva on page 113, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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