The anatomy of loneliness : suicide, social connection, and the search for relational meaning in contemporary Japan /

"Loneliness is everybody's business. Neither a pathology, nor a rare affliction, it is part of the human condition. Severe and chronic loneliness, however, is a threat to individual and public health and appears to be on the rise. In this illuminating book, anthropologist Chikako Ozawa-de...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ozawa-de Silva, Chikako, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 14.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Loneliness > Social aspects > Japan > 21st century.
Suicide > Anthropological aspects > Japan > 21st century.
Social media > Japan > Influence.
Solitude > Aspect social > Japon > 21e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Loneliness > Social aspects
Social media > Influence
Suicide > Anthropological aspects
Japan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : disconnected people and the lonely society
  • Subjectivity and empathy
  • Too lonely to die alone : internet group suicide
  • Connecting the disconnected : suicide websites
  • Meaning in life : exploring the need to be needed among young Japanese
  • Surviving 3.11
  • The anatomy of resilience
  • What loneliness can teach us.

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