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Gordon Mathews What Makes Life Worth Living? (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- What Makes Life Worth Living?
- Publication Name
- What Makes Life Worth Living? : How Japanese and Americans Make Sense of Their Worlds
- Title
- What Makes Life Worth Living?
- Subtitle
- How Japanese and Americans Make Sense of Their Worlds
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0520201337
- EAN
- 9780520201330
- ISBN
- 9780520201330
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Subject
- Social Sciences
- Release Year
- 1996
- Release Date
- 05/04/1996
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.1in
- Item Length
- 0.9in
- Item Width
- 0.6in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Type
- Textbook
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
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Here is an original and provocative anthropological approach to the fundamental philosophical question of what makes life worth living. Gordon Mathews considers this perennial issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. In the course of exploring how people from these two cultures find meaning in their daily lives, he illuminates a vast and intriguing range of ideas about work and love, religion, creativity, and self-realization. Mathews explores these topics by means of the Japanese term ikigai, "that which most makes one's life seem worth living." American English has no equivalent, but ikigai applies not only to Japanese lives but to American lives as well. Ikigai is what, day after day and year after year, each of us most essentially lives for. Through the life stories of those he interviews, Mathews analyzes the ways Japanese and American lives have been affected by social roles and cultural vocabularies. As we approach the end of the century, the author's investigation into how the inhabitants of the world's two largest economic superpowers make sense of their lives brings a vital new understanding to our skeptical age.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520201337
ISBN-13
9780520201330
eBay Product ID (ePID)
635262
Product Key Features
Publication Name
What Makes Life Worth Living? : How Japanese and Americans Make Sense of Their Worlds
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hn723.5.M355 1996
Table of Content
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
Copyright Date
1996
Topic
Sociology / General, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Lccn
95-022263
Dewey Decimal
303.3/72
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Self-Help, Social Science, Philosophy
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