The Anatomy of Dependence

Foreword 7(11) The first idea of amae 11(17) The world of amae 28(37) The vocabulary of amae Giri and ninjo Tanin and enryo Inside and outside Identification and assimilation Sin and shame The ideology of amae The logic of amae 65(36) Language and psychology The verbal origins of amae The psychological prototype of amae Amae and Japanese thinking Amae and freedom The concept of ki The pathology of amae 101(41) The toraware mentality Fear of others Ki ga sumanai Homosexual feelings Kuyamu and kuyashii The sense of injury The lack of self Amae and modern society 142(24) Youth and rebellion Modern man's sense of alienation The fatherless society The sense of guilt, the sense of solidarity and the feeling of being victimized The century of the child Amae reconsidered 166(8) The definition of amae Amae and identification The individual and the group References 174