Life Purpose in the Age of the Smartphone: Reflections from Comparative Anthropology
In this paper, we investigate whether there exists in different societies something analogous to the idea of ‘life purpose.’ Drawing on examples from across the entire range of ASSA project field sites, the paper is organised as a spectrum, starting from the case of Japan where ikigai is the most e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Anthropology & Aging |
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| Online Access: | http://anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/anthro-age/article/view/423 |