Research Catalog

Title

The happy youth of a desperate country : the disconnect between Japan's malaise and its millennials / Noritoshi Furuichi ; translated by Raj Mahtani.

Author

• 古市憲寿, 1985-
• Furuichi, Noritoshi, 1985-

Publication

• Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

Mahtani, Raj

Description

ix, 281 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Young people in present-day Japan, a socially-polarized society, have been reportedly "unhappy." According to statistics, however, 80 percent of them are currely "satisfied" with life. By drawing attention to this very fact, The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country, a magnum opus by acclaimed sociologist Noritoshi Furuichi, has revolutionized the discourse on youth theory in Japan. Containing more than six hundred footnotes, this work offers a probing examination of the portrait of "young people" and serves as the definitive edition for anyone seeking to attain a wide-ranging grasp of Japan and its "young people," from a defining voice of their generation"--Back cover.

Series Statement

Japan library

Uniform Title

• 絶望の国の幸福な若者たち. English
• Zetsubō no kuni no kōfuku na wakamonotachi. English
• Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Alternative Title

• 絶望の国の幸福な若者たち.
• Zetsubō no kuni no kōfuku na wakamonotachi.
• Disconnect between Japan's malaise and its millennials
• Zetsubō no kuni no kōfuku na wakamonotachi

Subject

• Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
• 2000-2099
• Youth > Japan > Attitudes
• Youth > Japan > Social conditions > 21st century
• Youth > Japan > Social life and customs > 21st century
• Jugend
• Gesellschaftsleben
• Japan > Social conditions > 21st century

Note

• "This book is a translation of the paperback edition of Zetsubō no kuni no kōfuku na wakamono-tachi, first published in 2011 and then released in paperback form in 2015, both published by Kodansha Ltd." -- Title page verso

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Translated from the original Japanese into English.

Contents

The rise and fall of "young people" -- The restless young -- The "collapse" of "Japan"? -- The youths who stand up for Japan -- The great East Japan earthquake and the young people who met expectations -- The happy youth of a desperate country -- Supplementary chapter: a conversation with Takeru Satō.

ISBN

• 9784916055835
• 4916055837

OCLC

• 981915268
• SCSB-13705657

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library