The Japanese mind : understanding contemporary Japanese culture / edited by Roger J. Davies and Osamu Ikeno.
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$a The Japanese mind : $b understanding contemporary Japanese culture / $c edited by Roger J. Davies and Osamu Ikeno.
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$a Understanding contemporary Japanese culture
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$a Boston, USA : $b Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) td., $c ©2002.
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$a vii, 270 pages ; $c 21 cm.
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$a Includes bibliographical references.
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$a In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others' benevolence), amakudari (the nation's descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverence), giri (social obligation), haragei (literally, "belly art"; implicit, unspoken communication), kenkyo (the appearance of modesty), sempai-kohai (seniority), wabi-sabi
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$a Davies, Roger J., $e editor.
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$a Ikeno, Osamu, $e editor.
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| Summary | In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others' benevolence), amakudari (the nation's descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverence), giri (social obligation), haragei (literally, "belly art"; implicit, unspoken communication), kenkyo (the appearance of modesty), sempai-kohai (seniority), wabi-sabi |