The new Japan

Titel: The new Japan : debunking seven cultural stereotypes / David Matsumoto
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Veröffentlicht: Yarmouth : Intercultural Press, 2002
Umfang: XVII, 236 S. : Ill.
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.: 2003. - Online-Ressource.
ISBN: 0585435820 (Sekundärausgabe)
  • Figures and Tables
  • p. ix
  • Acknowledgments
  • p. xiii
  • Foreword
  • p. xv
  • Chapter 1
  • Japanese Culture, Past and Present
  • p. 1
  • Classic Conceptualizations of Japanese Culture
  • p. 3
  • Contemporary Views of Japanese Culture
  • p. 9
  • Stability in Contemporary Japanese Society
  • p. 20
  • The Causes for This Degree of Unrest
  • p. 28
  • Chapter 2
  • Seven Stereotypes about Japanese Culture and Their Reality
  • p. 35
  • Stereotype 1
  • Japanese Collectivism
  • p. 37
  • Stereotype 2
  • Japanese Self-Concepts
  • p. 47
  • Stereotype 3
  • Japanese Interpersonal Consciousness
  • p. 54
  • Stereotype 4
  • Japanese Emotionality
  • p. 57
  • Stereotype 5
  • The Japanese Salaryman
  • p. 67
  • Stereotype 6
  • Japanese Lifetime Employment
  • p. 74
  • Stereotype 7
  • The Japanese Marriage
  • p. 79
  • Conclusion
  • p. 84
  • Chapter 3
  • Why Did Japanese Culture Change?
  • p. 91
  • Understanding What Culture Is and Is Not
  • p. 92
  • Japanese Cultural Change
  • p. 103
  • Changing Moral Values in Japanese Society
  • p. 109
  • Some Reasons for Changing Morals and Social Behavior in Japan
  • p. 112
  • The Search for Morality among Japanese Youth
  • p. 124
  • Chapter 4
  • The Meaning of Changing Japanese Culture in Everyday Life
  • p. 131
  • The Japanese Business World
  • p. 132
  • The Educational System
  • p. 146
  • Sports
  • p. 158
  • Changing Japanese Culture and Everyday Life
  • p. 168
  • Chapter 5
  • Visions of a New Japan in the Future
  • p. 179
  • The Cultural Challenge for Corporate Japan
  • p. 181
  • The Cultural Challenge for the Japanese Educational System
  • p. 186
  • The Cultural Challenge for Japanese Sports
  • p. 190
  • Transforming Japanese Culture in the Future
  • p. 195
  • Challenges for the Future
  • p. 198
  • Appendix
  • p. 207
  • References
  • p. 215
  • Index
  • p. 225