> a stunted / underdeveloped "self-concept" Very true. In a non-western culture, the self is shadowed and limited by the group identity. I believe that contrib

> a stunted / underdeveloped "self-concept" Very true. In a non-western culture, the self is shadowed and limited by the group identity. I believe that contributes to the unity of the group and the warmth one misses when living in individualistic societies. But when taken to the extreme, it creates fragile group identities, and leads to their demise in the long run, for a group can't be strong if its members don't have a healthy sense of themselves.