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Paperback | 9 May 1994

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The essays in this collection look at how the Japanese see themselves and others, in a variety of contexts, and challenge many Western assumptions about Japanese society. Through their own experiences and observations of Japanese life, the authors explain how the Japanese define themselves and how they communicate with those around them--family, friends, teachers, and fellow workers. They discuss what Westerners view as oppositions inherent within the Japanese community, the contrast between public and private life, ritual and informality, group consensus and personal strength, and demonstrate how the Japanese reconcile one with the other. The Japanese emerge from this book as a complex, multifaceted people, vulnerable to the influences that surround them, but strong enough to determine and shape 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

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History Asian History Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography Psychology Social Psychology

List of figures	p. viii
List of contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Japanese preschools and the pedagogy of selfhood	p. 21
Multiple selves: the aesthetics and politics of artisanal identities	p. 40
Tree in summer, tree in winter: movement of self in Japan	p. 67
Identification of the self in relation to the environment	p. 93
Self in Japanese culture	p. 105
The reference other orientation	p. 121
Kejime: defining a shifting self in multiple organizational modes	p. 152
Index	p. 173
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