Nicolas Tajan

Nicolas Tajan, author of a book on social withdrawal in Japan, discusses the phenomenon of 'hikikomori' and its implications in the neoliberal context. He explores the student-teacher dynamics in Japan, the global spread of social withdrawal, therapy modalities and non-profit organizations in Japan, theoretical foundations of social abnormality, and the relationship between 'hikikomori' and psychiatry, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and neoliberalism.