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In understanding Japanese social systems and their relationships, we combine Lacan psychoanalysis with Japanese culture.
It is interesting to see how the attempt was made to combine Lacan's psychoanalysis with Japanese analysis of movies and animation. But it is a seemingly outgrowth of discussion of psychoanalysis and Japanese culture that does not fit properly. For example, chapter 1 introduces Lacan's theory and chapter 2 introduces many of the concepts that author has proposed as the 'Japan Cultural Code'. But it's not clear how the two fields relate to each other. Of course, the author briefly says in the
Park Kyu-tae: Japanese psychoanalysis
“What is Japan? “Who are the Japanese?”. “What is the nature of Japanese culture?”. Japanese culturalism (or Japanese) has been debated continuously since its founding in the history of the Edo period. In any bookstore in Japan, as you can see from the book on Japanese culturalism sitting in a corner of the library, there will be no ethnic group that is as possessive of its own identity as the Japanese. This illustrates that, paradoxically, the basis of Japanese identity is somewhat uncertain. The book begins with the interest in these self-divisive characteristics inherent in the Japanese spirit. To resolve the question that anyone has ever wondered what is behind the lack of a country of Japan, where there is such violence or generosity that it should not be bothered by other people, the book ventures to ‘analyse ’ Japan and look into the mind of modern Japanese people to the heart of the world. It is Lacan’s view that this book uses as a tool in conducting ‘ Japanese psychoanalysis.’. Lacan is known as an thinker who looked closely at the cracks and ruptures that exist in our lives and in the world. For him, the self is not the self of a conscious mind, but the self that desires. The book is based on this concept of Lacan, which is a psychoanalysis that draws the unconscious into the seat of consciousness by looking behind the unconscious self of Japan in Japanese culture. To do so, the book focuses on movies and animations, a useful mirror reflecting both traditional Japanese and modern societies.
Korean title: 일본정신분석
Korean author: 박규태
Korean publisher: 이학사
ISBN-13: 9788961473286
Reviews
In understanding Japanese social systems and their relationships, we combine Lacan psychoanalysis with Japanese culture.
It is interesting to see how the attempt was made to combine Lacan's psychoanalysis with Japanese analysis of movies and animation. But it is a seemingly outgrowth of discussion of psychoanalysis and Japanese culture that does not fit properly. For example, chapter 1 introduces Lacan's theory and chapter 2 introduces many of the concepts that author has proposed as the 'Japan Cultural Code'. But it's not clear how the two fields relate to each other. Of course, the author briefly says in the
