The new Japan
Titel: | The new Japan : debunking seven cultural stereotypes / David Matsumoto |
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Verfasser: | |
Veröffentlicht: | Yarmouth : Intercultural Press, 2002 |
Umfang: | XVII, 236 S. : Ill. |
Format: | E-Book |
Sprache: | Englisch | Vorliegende Ausgabe: | Online-Ausg.: 2003. - Online-Ressource. |
ISBN: | 0585435820 (Sekundärausgabe) |
Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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- 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