KEY FEATURE(S) This book addresses the profound question of mental malaise in its many forms in contemporary Japanese society, focusing on three main areas: work, family and youth. The purpose is to provide an analytical, critical account of the social psychological state of the Japanese today, as well as to present possible measures that could contribute to positive outcomes.
Following the boom and bust years of the Japanese economy in the 1980s and 1990s, Japanese society was faced with the burden of rapid change and adjustment resulting in a significant increase in psych...
This is first in-depth study to examine the history, treatment and conditions of more than 2500 Japanese prisoners of war who were captured by British forces and kept in India during the period 1942-4...
KEY FEATURE(S) ‘I am sure that Dr Doi’s amae theory would have wider repercussions outside his specialized field of psychiatry, if applied to other disciplines as well. Is not Japan’s love-hate relationship with the West worth much closer attention from this psychological point of view?’
SUKEHIRO HIRAKAWA
This volume brings together twenty-six of Prof. Doi’s principal papers on the subject of the Japanese psyche and the subject of dependency (amae) published in English over the last fifty year...
