CiNii 図書 - A sociology of hikikomori : experiences of isolation, family-dependency, and social policy in contemporary Japan

Hikikomori, which literally means "withdrawal," is considered an increasingly prevalent form of social isolation in Japanese society. This issue has been attracting worldwide attention for two decades and is now recognized as a problem for the youth as well as for middle-aged and older adults. Based on interviews with people who have experienced it, Teppei Sekimizu explores what the hikikomori experience is like from a sociological perspective. He also examines the characteristics of four decades of hikikomori discourse by governments, professionals, and mass media; the difficulties faced by parents with hikikomori children; and the social policy which has relegated most provision of welfare for citizens to the private sector. Through these examinations, the author illustrates how the exclusive labor market and familial social policies create masses of family-dependent and isolated individuals in contemporary Japan. The Sociology of the Hikikomori Experience leads the reader to understand the manifold hikikomori phenomenon in a wider social context and also to a deeper understanding of Japanese society itself, which has regarded not the government, but corporations, families, and communities responsible for individual well-being.

Acknowledgments Glossary of Japanese Terms Preface Chapter 1 The Hikikomori Experience and Ambivalence Chapter 2 Self-Categorization as Hikikomori: Becoming a Hikikomori Subject Chapter 3 Hikikomori as a Japanese Social Problem: Focusing on Families with Hikikomori Children Chapter 4 Discourses on the Hikikomori Problem from the 1980s to the 2010s Chapter 5 On the Difficulty of Participation: From Theoretical and Empirical Considerations of the Situated Self Chapter 6 Time Perspective in the Hikikomori Experience Conclusion Japanese Society in the Light of the Hikikomori Experience References About the Author

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