Understanding amae
Subtitle: the Japanese concept of need-love : collected papers of Takeo Doi
Series: Collected papers of twentieth century Japanese writers on Japan -- v.1
Publisher: Global Oriental
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Folkstone, Kent, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Dependency (Psychology); National characteristics, Japanese; Psychiatry -- Japan
Other titles: Collected papers of Takeo Doi; Takeo Doi :
Description: This volume brings together 27 of Professor Doi's most significant essays on the subject of dependency (amae) and the Japanese psyche, written in English over the last 50 years.
Notes: Collection of previously published essays

Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: Some aspects of Japanese psychiatry; title: Japanese language as an expression of Japanese psychology; title: Amai : a key concept for understanding Japanese personality structure; title: Morita therapy and psychoanalysis; title: Some thoughts on helplessness and the desire to be loved; title: Psychoanalytic therapy and "Western man" : a Japanese view; title: Giri-ninjō : an interpretation; title: Japanese psychology, dependency need and mental health; title: A psychiatrist's view on Zeitgeist; title: A Japanese interpretation of Erich Segal's Love story; title: Psychotherapy as "hide-and-seek"; title: The Japanese patterns of communication and the concept of Amae; title: Omote and ura : concepts derived from the Japanese two-fold structure of consciousness; title: Higaisha-ishiki : the psychology of revolting youth in Japan; title: Uchimura Kanzō : Japanese Christianity in comparative perspective; title: Psychotherapy : a cross-cultural perspective from Japan; title: The thorn in the chrysanthemum : suicide and economic success in modern Japan; title: The concept of amae and its psychoanalytic implications; title: The Japanese psyche : myth and reality; title: The cultural assumptions of psychoanalysis; title: On the concept of amae; title: Amae and transference-love; title: Psychoanalysis in a cross-cultural context : a Japanese view; title: Foreword to Japanese childbearing; title: Amae and the western concept of love; title: Is "narcissistic" pejorative?; title: Are psychological concepts of Japanese origin relevant?