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Henk Vinken Komazawa University, Tokyo The 8th AJJ Annual Meeting November 5-6, 2005

Changing life courses of young generations across cultures The desire for change and challenge in Western and Asian societies. Henk Vinken Komazawa University, Tokyo The 8th AJJ Annual Meeting November 5-6, 2005 Sophia University, Tokyo.

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Henk Vinken Komazawa University, Tokyo The 8th AJJ Annual Meeting November 5-6, 2005

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  1. Changing life courses of young generationsacross cultures The desire for change and challenge in Western and Asian societies Henk Vinken Komazawa University, Tokyo The 8th AJJ Annual Meeting November 5-6, 2005 Sophia University, Tokyo

  2. Destandardization> rise (return?) of heterogeneity of life course transitions> reversible choices / non-life long commitments: yo-yo-ization> interruptions part of institutional framework> chances for success and risks of failure individualize

  3. Reflexive biographization > emphasis on developing individuality & imagining participation > participation of unreversible type postponed > intense engagement in organizing life narrative in which - unplannable twists are acknowledged (self-confrontation) taking on new routes are possible (self-destruction) > mind you: traditional choices made, but seen as own choices

  4. Reframing basic 1968-‘life goals’ > destandardization boosts quest for self-actualization > reflexive biographization de-linearizes self-actualization no longer directed at material or immaterial GROWTH but at change and challenge, e.g.: work to secure future (pre-), grow as person (post-1968) - but work to experience sthg new / challenge (post-1990s) > only post-1968 indicators in large-scale cross-cultural studies

  5. A Western model only ? > discourses on advanced societies, but lack Asian reference > trends also in societies with less emphases on individualism (vs collectivism) autonomy (vs embeddedness) self-expression (vs survival) ? > or trends apply to specific life domains only - work/marriage but not education in Japan?

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