Description

Book Synopsis
This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan.

Table of Contents
Preface

Part One: The Cultural Foundations of Ikigai

Introduction: What Makes Life Worth Living?
1. The Varieties of Ikigai in Japan
2. Individualism, Community, and Conformity
in the United States
3· The Comparison of Japanese and American Selves

Part Two: Ikigai in Japanese and American Lives
4· Ikigai in Work and Family
Ikigai and Gender
5· Ikigai in Past and Future
Ikigai and Dreatns
6. Ikigai in Creation and Religion
Ikigai and Significance

Part Three: Ikigai and the Meaning of Life
7· A Phenomenological Analysis of Ikigai
8. Ikigai and the Meaning of Life

References
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/04/1996
      ISBN13: 9780520201330, 978-0520201330
      ISBN10: 0520201337
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      Anthropology Cultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan.

      Table of Contents
      Preface

      Part One: The Cultural Foundations of Ikigai

      Introduction: What Makes Life Worth Living?
      1. The Varieties of Ikigai in Japan
      2. Individualism, Community, and Conformity
      in the United States
      3· The Comparison of Japanese and American Selves

      Part Two: Ikigai in Japanese and American Lives
      4· Ikigai in Work and Family
      Ikigai and Gender
      5· Ikigai in Past and Future
      Ikigai and Dreatns
      6. Ikigai in Creation and Religion
      Ikigai and Significance

      Part Three: Ikigai and the Meaning of Life
      7· A Phenomenological Analysis of Ikigai
      8. Ikigai and the Meaning of Life

      References
      Index

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