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Engineers in Japan 3: Cultural History and Personhood in Japan

By Gary Downey

Virginia Tech

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Abstract

The Japanese live with anxiety; Pre-colonial organization; Meiji Restoration; Japanese expansion to avoid subservience; Ie = household; Uchi = center of belonging; Examples of Ie; Becoming a mature person; The 'heart' in two cultures; Obligations to parents: the foundation of all rewarding relationships; What does it mean to be 'sincere'?

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