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Something In The Way - the ' Hikikomorisation ' of culture |
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
Standard economic theory takes full employment as an achievable 'norm' but the harsh reality nowadays is that people face an uncertain future within a ruthless culture of part time work and almost constant enforced occupational 'self-re-invention ' and in Japan young people are reacting to this despairing cultural shift by withdrawing from society and the demands of human contact.
The term Hikimori - roughly translated as those who shut themselves away - is the term used to describe the 1 million plus Japanese youth - 80% male - who have responded to the global collapse of traditional work and societal roles and rise of the throwaway service culture by silently retreating to their rooms and depending on their parents to leave food outside their door with the minimum of social contact.
The reclusive hikimori are typically distrustful of others and unable to form close intimate relationships and have essentially rejected society as a rational response to it functionally invalidating them. Traditional Japanese culture breeds people for work but in the information age people are simply that , bearers of information , that may or may not have an exchange value within wider culture.
The hikimori perceive themselves as redundant to the economy, as the living dead , and they lead an inward psychological rebellion that all to frequently rationalises suicide as the most purposeful social role.
This culture isnt just killing youth in Japan though , its global , we are all hikimori now , trapped and emotionally unable to reach out in a world of informational demands and noise.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 24 March 2008 )
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