Understanding Amae

The Japanese Concept of Need-love : Collected Papers of Takeo Doi

• Author(s): Takeo Doi,
• Publisher: Global Oriental
• Pages: 204
• ISBN_10: 1901903281
  ISBN_13: 9781901903287
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / General , Medical / Psychiatry / General , Psychology / General , Psychology / Personality , Psychology / Social Psychology , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies ,

Description:... This volume brings together twenty-six of Professor Doi's principal papers on the subject of the Japanese psyche and the subject of dependency (amae) published in English over the last fifty years, beginning with his paper on Japanese Psychiatry (1955) and concluding with 'Are Psychological Concepts of Japanese Origin Relevent?' (2002), some of which are published here for the first time, Pre-eminent among Japanese psychiatrists, Professor Doi gained international fame with the publication of The Anatomy of Dependence in 1973.