Description: "These papers were first organized for a symposium entitled 'Roadblocks on the Information Highway: Can the Information Revolution Succeed in Japanese Higher Education?' at the National Institute of Multimedia Education on Nov. 10-11, 1999"--Introd.
Brief description:
Brian J. McVeigh
Brian J. McVeigh has published a number of books with Bloomsbury. He received his PhD in anthropology from Princeton University, researches how humans adapt, both through history and therapeutically, and has published extensively on counseling, the history of Japanese psychology, the origins of religions, the Bible, ancient Egypt, spirit possession, art and popular culture, linguistics, nationalism, and changing definitions of self, time, and space. He lived and worked in China and Japan for many years and taught at the University of Arizona. He is in private practice as a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and is Senior Researcher and Advisor at the Julian Jaynes Society. His current projects include Ghosts and Gods of Ancient Rome: What They Say about Human Mentality, Julian Jaynes for Beginners, and a work of fiction, The Abyss Speaks.Review Quotes:
"Since Japan has promoted IT more intensively than almost any other country, and is itself a leading producer, it is telling that actual implementation has been slow. Jane Bachnik and her colleagues find the reasons not just in bureaucracy and individual intransigence, but in deeper social contradictions. The analyses in this book not only inform our understanding of IT and of Japanese society, but illuminate the relationship between culture and the pressure for practical change in any context." --Craig Calhoun, Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University, USA
"Don't be fooled by the title of this book. Although its theme is Japanese education, it is in fact much more: a far-reaching and critical analysis of the central "tensions"and "paradoxes" facing contemporary Japan-technology versus culture and social structure, plan versus implementation and results, individual versus organization and state, etc. Read this important book to understand the "roadblocks," both intentioned and unintentioned, that can impede social, political, and economic reform in Japan." --Glen S. Fukushima, President & CEO, Cadence Design Systems, Japan; Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan; Former Director for