Transcending Self and Other Through Akogare [Desire] - The English Language and the Internationalization of Higher Education in Japan

In this far-reaching new study of the internationalization of Japanese Higher Education, Chisato Nonaka uses akogare as both an analytical lens and the object of enquiry, and ultimately reconceptualises it as the creation of a space where individuals negotiate and transcend th...

About the author

Chisato Nonaka is an Associate Professor in the International Student Center, Kyushu University, Japan. Her research interests include issues of linguistic, racial, ethnic, national, class and gender-related identities, particularly in transnational education contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Chisato Nonaka
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2018
• EAN: 9781788921701
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-170-1
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 460 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Japan, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher