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To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are of the three great religions of the Far East, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.An old manuscript copy of Im Bang's stories came into the hands of the translator, and he gives them now ... Read more

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To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are of the three great religions of the Far East, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.An old manuscript copy of Im Bang's stories came into the hands of the translator, and he gives them now
... Read more
平和憲法をめぐる理想と現実

by トーマスパウロ ...

理論と実践をめぐる問題は、今日まで、国際政治において、きわめて重要な問題のひとつであった。理論を探求するものからすれば、現実の実務家（Practioners）は、あまりにも俗物的であり、愚かに見えるのに対し、現実に対処する実務家の立場から、学者(Sholars)はあまりにも、観念的であり、無責任にみえる。したがって、往々にして、双方が相手を非難、批判する傾向がつよかった。戦後日本の政治において、このことが、端的にあらわれたのが、戦後日本の総理大臣をつとめた吉田茂と、東京大学総長の南原繁の対立であった。この対立は、単に二人の、個人的次元の対立にとどまらず、その後の日本の進路において、きわめて大きな影響をもたらした。 ... Read more

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理論と実践をめぐる問題は、今日まで、国際政治において、きわめて重要な問題のひとつであった。理論を探求するものからすれば、現実の実務家（Practioners）は、あまりにも俗物的であり、愚かに見えるのに対し、現実に対処する実務家の立場から、学者(Sholars)はあまりにも、観念的であり、無責任にみえる。したがって、往々にして、双方が相手を非難、批判する傾向がつよかった。戦後日本の政治において、このことが、端的にあらわれたのが、戦後日本の総理大臣をつとめた吉田茂と、東京大学総長の南原繁の対立であった。この対立は、単に二人の、個人的次元の対立にとどまらず、その後の日本の進路において、きわめて大きな影響をもたらした。
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Destiny

The Secret Operations of the Yodogō Exiles

by Kōji Takazawa ...

Translated by Lina J. Terrell, Eiko Saeki, Ryoko Yamamoto, Kazumi Higashikubo, Shinji Kojima, Kazutoh Ishida, Midori Ishida ...

In 1970, nine members of a Japanese New Left group called the Red Army Faction hijacked a domestic airliner to North Korea with dreams of acquiring the military training to bring about a revolution in Japan. The North Korean government accepted the hijackers—who became known in the media as the Yodogō group, based on the name of the hijacked plane—and two years later they announced their ... Read more

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In 1970, nine members of a Japanese New Left group called the Red Army Faction hijacked a domestic airliner to North Korea with dreams of acquiring the military training to bring about a revolution in Japan. The North Korean government accepted the hijackers—who became known in the media as the Yodogō group, based on the name of the hijacked plane—and two years later they announced their
... Read more
When the Future Disappears

The Modernist Imagination in Late Colonial Korea

by Janet Poole ...

Series series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Taking a panoramic view of Korea's dynamic literary production in the final decade of Japanese rule, When the Future Disappears locates the imprint of a new temporal sense in Korean modernism: the impression of time interrupted, with no promise of a future. As colonial subjects of an empire headed toward total war, Korean writers in this global fascist moment produced some of the most ... Read more

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Taking a panoramic view of Korea's dynamic literary production in the final decade of Japanese rule, When the Future Disappears locates the imprint of a new temporal sense in Korean modernism: the impression of time interrupted, with no promise of a future. As colonial subjects of an empire headed toward total war, Korean writers in this global fascist moment produced some of the most
... Read more

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