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Author Mathews, Gordon.

Title What makes life worth living? : how Japanese and Americans make sense of their worlds / Gordon Mathews
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [1996]
©1996

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Description x, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Pt. 1. 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 -- Pt. 2. Ikigai in Japanese and American Lives. 4. Ikigai in Work and Family. Ikigai and Gender. 5. Ikigai in Past and Future. Ikigai and Dreams. 6. Ikigai in Creation and Religion. Ikigai and Significance -- Pt. 3. Ikigai and the Meaning of Life. 7. A Phenomenological Analysis of Ikigai. 8. Ikigai and the Meaning of Life
Analysis Social sciences Philosophy
Notes Index: p. 271-277
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index
Subject Conduct of life.
Quality of life -- United States.
Quality of life -- Japan.
Social values -- Japan.
Social values -- United States.
LC no. 95022263
ISBN 0520201329 (alk. paper)
0520201337 (paperback: alk. paper)