LEADER 04576nam 22007215 450 001 9910864191203321 005 20240527125428.0 010 $a9789819722082$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789819722075 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-97-2208-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31355643 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31355643 035 $a(CKB)32166194600041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-97-2208-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932166194600041 100 $a20240527d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe World of the Japanese Mind $eConformity and Seken /$fby Noriatsu Matsui 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (133 pages) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Sociology,$x2212-6376 311 08$aPrint version: Matsui, Noriatsu The World of the Japanese Mind Singapore : Springer,c2024 9789819722075 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aWhat is Seken: Differences from society -- The Roles and Functions of Seken -- Ambiguous Words, Belongings, and Air: Carved Tripod (CT) Model of Conformity -- Conformity in Politics and Public Administration: Are the people in higher level of government and public offices greater -- Conformity in Business and Labor: Is your life safer by getting a job at well-known large corporation. 330 $aThis book investigates the source from which the pressure to conform arises in Japanese society. Even though the contemporary Japanese word for ?society? (Shakai) has a history of 140 years, it does not include the concept of respecting the individual but refers mainly to social frameworks and institutional aspects. At the same time, the traditional Japanese terms for ?society?, primarily Seken, that have been in use for 1,400 years have embraced human relationships of the members of the group. The hypothesis of this book is that there is no ?society? as such in Japanese people?s minds. By proposing a new model (the Hand-Carved Tripod Model) of conformity in Japan, the book shows the structure of the pressure to conform. The tripod is composed of ambiguous words, the sense of belonging, and the ?air?, or understanding, that represents the unwritten rules and regulations of Seken. Conformity in Japanese people?s minds takesdifferent forms, from small residential groups to corporations at work, and to nationwide associations, but always dictates that people follow everyone else in the organization. This book examines the sense of being blocked in Japan that has prevailed over 30 years, during the period of the so-called Three Lost Decades in Japan. Examining phenomena such as low worker engagement, karoshi (death by overwork), high middle-age male suicide rates, bullying in school and at work, sex discrimination, hereditary membership in the Diet, and failure to provide adequate protection for whistle-blowers, this book reveals a common structure in Japanese minds: lack of respect for individuality, and the traditional and narrow sense of the world, i.e., Seken. This book will be beneficial to scholars and graduate students as well as to businesspeople who are interested in understanding the behavior and minds of Japanese people from the psychological,cultural, and historical viewpoints. It provides an integrated view of Japan?s Seken as the platform that generates their conformity. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Sociology,$x2212-6376 606 $aSocial influence 606 $aSocial structure 606 $aEquality 606 $aSocial psychology 606 $aEthnology$zAsia 606 $aCulture 606 $aSocial groups 606 $aSocial Influence 606 $aSocial Structure 606 $aSocial Psychology 606 $aAsian Culture 606 $aGroup Dynamics 615 0$aSocial influence. 615 0$aSocial structure. 615 0$aEquality. 615 0$aSocial psychology. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aSocial groups. 615 14$aSocial Influence. 615 24$aSocial Structure. 615 24$aSocial Psychology. 615 24$aAsian Culture. 615 24$aGroup Dynamics. 676 $a303.32 700 $aMatsui$b Noriatsu$01740983 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910864191203321 996 $aThe World of the Japanese Mind$94166916 997 $aUNINA