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“We are all nihilists.” Mishima Yukio, political activism and the student New Left

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Several intellectuals, such as Suga Hidemi and Oguma Eiji, have emphasized the similarities between Mishima’s conception of politics and the radical activism of the New Left in the late 1960s. For both the novelist and the young revolutionary group, political activism seems to have been motivated by a form of disillusionment and/or nihilism. !e purpose of this article is to reconsider the parallel drawn between Mishima and the New left by highlighting its limits and virtues. Although comparin...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Pembroke College
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Author
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OpenEdition Publisher's website
Journal:
Ebisu Journal website
Volume:
54
Pages:
147-175
Publication date:
2017-12-19
Acceptance date:
2017-12-01
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EISSN:
2189-1893
ISSN:
1340-3656
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pubs:836656
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uuid:c88382e3-4f7d-41ae-af14-d1d6c9507107
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836656
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2018-04-17

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