The Anatomy of Self The Individual Versus Society

by Doi, Takeo

• ISBN13: 9784770027795
• ISBN10: 4770027796
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-19
• Publisher: Kodansha USA

Summary

This text is a psychological study of the individual and his place within theocial constrictions of Japanese society. It analyzes the mental world of theapanese by comparing it with western conceptions of individual autonomy.

Author Biography

TAKEO DOI (b. 1920), M.D., has served as a professor at the University of Tokyo and International Christian University, Tokyo, and is one of Japan's leading psychiatrists. Born in Tokyo, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1942. He held a number of posts at American institutes and universities, including fellowships at the Menninger School of Psychiatry and the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, and was visiting scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He also headed the psychiatric department at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo. Doi has published a number of works and contributed to many more, including The Anatomy of Dependence.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(4)
Edward T. Hall
Preface	11	(4)
Introduction	15	(8)
PART ONE Basic Concepts
Omote and Ura	23	(12)
Tatemae and Honne	35	(13)
Institutions and the Individual	48	(13)
PART TWO Human Beings in Society
Modes of Human Relations	61	(15)
Human Beings Stripped Naked	76	(11)
Human Beings Split Apart	87	(20)
PART THREE The Significance of Secrets
The Mind and Secrets	107	(11)
Secrets and Charm	118	(13)
Secrets and Love	131	(10)
Conclusion: Does the Story Go On?	141	(6)
Appendix One: The Psychological Background of the Japanese Experience of Nature: The Perspective of Omote and Ura	147	(10)
Appendix Two: Omote and Ura: Concepts Derived from the Japanese 2-Fold Structure of Consciousness	157	(8)
Index	165