About this title: A leading psychiatrist offers not only the most satisfying explanation of Japanese behaviour yet written, but a key to new understanding of all basic human needs.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780870114946ISBN:0870114948
Description: Paperback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a study copy. pp., 250grams, ISBN: 0870114948. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Kodansha America
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780870114946ISBN:0870114948
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Very Good / read more
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Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Kodansha International, Tokyo, Japan
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780870112997ISBN:0870112996
Description: Good. Privately Owned Soft cover, Privately Owned NO highlighting, NO underlining, A FEW extra markings, NO written notes nd NO folded pages. WE PRICE OUR BOOKS TO SELL! If this book is no longer in available you will be notified right away. Books are mailed quickly and discreetly in plain envelopes with clearly printed mailing and handling instructions. Thank you! Lot # H-12. read more
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Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Kodansha, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780870114946ISBN:0870114948
Description: Good. 0870114948. Used in wraps. "The key analysis of Japanese behavior", translated by John Bester. A servicable reading copy only. Creasing and edgewear to the covers, creases to the spine. Highlighting to first portions of the text.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall. read more
Edition: First edition. Kaitei Fukyuban ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Kodansha America
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780870114946ISBN:0870114948
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. brand new, mint condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 180 p. Audience: General/trade. brand new read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780870111815ISBN:0870111817
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Stated First Edition, Third Printing, 1976, published by Dodansha International. Cloth, Hard Cover. 8.4 * 6. 170 p. Not ex-library. Minor edges' creases, wears on the jacket. Fine binding. Pre-owner's name and short inscription on the front page; other than that, clean and tight pages. Bubble wrap guaranteed. Free tracking in U.S. read more
"This book is unique because it has a more Asian-centered POV. Every other one I've picked up immediately smells of something else. At the same time, it also takes the West into account. I don't think I would have found a foothold in it otherwise. It's just that it's not written exclusively for the West; he retains a respect for his native culture and hasn't abandoned the truth for the sake of being more palatable to the American reader.
Although the translator says in the introduction that it's written for the Japanese audience, it's ideal for a bicultural or someone struggling to reconcile the two cultures. It would be most rewarding for someone who already has some sense of the numerous words defined in this book. It is basically a list of terms in Japanese and what they mean.
"Took me forever to get through this - required a bit more brainpower than my typical reading material these days (probably more a sad statement on my reading choices than the readability of this book). Very interesting though. It was recommended for me to read before moving to Japan, but I suspect it might be better after I've lived there for a while."
"The book that got me into Takeo Doi, and by extension cross-cultural takes on clinical psychology. Doi explores the Japanese principle of amae, something universal to all human culture and experience, but only given an explicit name in Japanese language. Amae is related to intimate relationships we form with others, and how those relationships shape our behavior, and more so our total psyches. Doi draws on his own experiences in foreign cultures to define and explain what exactly is meant by the concept in order to use it as one of the fundamentals of a new kind of psychology (and from there, a psychotherapy).
A must read for those interested in sociocultural psychology, especially cross-cultural psychotherapy."
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