- Chapter 1: To Be or not to Be: That Is a Strange Question
- Chapter 2: The Western Essential Self and the East Asian Particular Self
- Chapter 3: The Western Bounded Self and the East Asian Flexible Self
- Chapter 4: The Western Fixed Self and the East Asian Malleable Self
- Chapter 5: The Western Linear Self and the East Asian Interrelational Self
- Chapter 6: The Western Rights-Bearing Self and the East Asian Role-Embodying Self
- Chapter 7: The Western Impersonalizing Self and the East Asian Personalizing Self
- Chapter 8: The Western Promotional Self and the East Asian Effacing Self