In search of self in India and Japan
Subtitle: toward a cross-cultural psychology
By: Alan Roland.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Self  -- Cross-cultural studies.; Personality and culture  -- Cross-cultural studies.; East Indians  -- Psychology.; Japanese  -- Psychology.; Psychoanalysis  -- Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "This book addresses a fundamental question - the universality of human nature ... Drawing upon work with patients and therapists in both India and Japan, he describes the profound difference between the Western individualized self and the familial self so central to Asian culture ... Of particular value is Roland's sensitive treatment of the evolving identity of women in the two cultures, as well as his exploration of the deeply significant spiritual self, a topic that is largely neglected in Western theory and practice."--Choice.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 349-368.