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Doi’s notion of amae
Takeo Doi, a psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst proposed the concept of amae in his 1971 work, The
Anatomy of Dependence (Doi, 1971) based on his trans-cultural experience in
the United States. Amae, according to Doi, is to depend on others in harmony
with them, typically when a child depends on his or her parents. It is crucial
that the parents also experience amae vicariously while indulging their child. This
mentality of amae forms the mainstream of one’s emotionality which stems from
pre-Oedipal period and stretches throughout one’s life (Doi). Doi also explains
that although is close to love, amae does not involve sexuality or ambivalence
typically experienced in oedipal period. He also refers to passive object love
proposed by Ferenczi and further discussed by M.Balint. Passive object love is expressed
as a desire to be loved by others, which is a type of passive love and is closest
to amae. Doi also makes a distinction between amae and dependence where the
latter connotes a loss of control while in amae, the person requesting the
indulgence is trying to gain full control of their environment.
Doi, T.( 2002) "amae" dictionary of
psychoanalysis. Iwasaki Academic Publisher
