Local consciousness

Japanese: 郷土意識 - きょうどいしき
Local consciousness
A concept formed as self-consciousness about one's hometown. One's hometown is not only the place where an individual was born and raised, but also the place where one's personality is formed, including one's lifestyle and way of thinking. The natural and social environment of one's hometown is unique to that place, has irreplaceable value for the individual, and is an important factor in establishing one's identity. Therefore, the more closely knit a local community is in its living environment, the more uniform and solid the sense of hometown will be. However, this sense of hometown does not form naturally in a village society with little mobility.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
郷土に対する自意識として形成される観念。郷土はある個人の生まれ育った土地であるとともに,生活様式や思考形成など自己の人格形成がなされる場でもある。郷土の自然環境や社会環境はその土地独自のものであり,その個人にとっては非代替的価値をもち,自己のアイデンティティを確立するうえでの重要な一要因となる。したがって,緊密な生活環境をもつ地域社会ほど郷土意識は均一であり,堅固である。しかし,この郷土意識は流動性の乏しい村落社会においておのずと形成されるものではない。

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