Docho Atsuryoku No Tori Setsu (Shogakukan Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Japan is a rice-growing region where people work in groups and where disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons are common. As a result, there is a tendency for people to place a high value on collectivity, and "peer pressure" tends to be strong. Even today, many people suffer from peer pressure and are unable to escape the suffocation caused by the curse of values they receive from their parents and education that does not allow them to question the framework. However, if we know what peer pressure is and how to handle it, and if we train ourselves to communicate with others, we can relate to society at a distance that is most comfortable for us, without being isolated or herded. This is a painful dialogue that crosses the boundaries between brain science and theater, and explores ways of life.

日本は、集団で作業するコメ作地域で、地震や台風などの災害も多い。そのため集団性を重視し「同調圧力」が強くなる傾向がある。現在も、多くの人が、同調圧力に悩み、枠組みを疑わせない教育や親から受け取る価値観の呪いに縛られ、息苦しさから逃れられずにいる。しかし、同調圧力の正体や扱い方を知り、コミュニケーションをトレーニングすれば、孤立するでもなく、群れるでもない自分が一番心地良い距離で、社会と関わることができるのだ。脳科学と演劇の垣根を越え、生き方をさぐる痛快対談。