tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post4168639858551244264..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: 100 Japanese Public Intellectuals List - A First FiftyMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-12362502611013648292008-07-03T21:45:00.000+09:002008-07-03T21:45:00.000+09:00I also came across the FP list and found it very s...I also came across the FP list and found it very strange that not a single Japanese was included. I think there are two main reasons for that. <BR/>Firstly, to influence public opinion globally it helps to publish in English, which most Japanese intellectuals don’t do. And secondly, issues debated by Japanese intellectuals may differ from issues that are being seen as important in the US and Europe....That may explain why the editors of FP neglected Japan’s thinkers....Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167622841693062734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-82594001997275684982008-04-27T05:06:00.000+09:002008-04-27T05:06:00.000+09:00Oe is top 10, hands down.Oe is top 10, hands down.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644123719190635308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-71145134660618674832008-04-26T21:02:00.000+09:002008-04-26T21:02:00.000+09:00Just curious, why did you not think Oe should make...Just curious, why did you not think Oe should make the top 10 list? Not that I usually care about top 10 lists, but he recently had that rather Oe-esque Osaka Court victory regarding Okinawa suicides:<BR/><BR/>"It can be said the military was deeply involved in the mass suicides," presiding Judge Toshimasa Fukami ruled, turning down the demand by the plaintiffs that Oe, 73, and Iwanami Shoten Publishers halt the publication of Oe's 1970 essay, "Okinawa Notes," and pay them ¥20 million in compensation.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I met Oe in Lund, Sweden when he was visiting to receive his Nobel Award. His lecture on "ambiguity" was universal, and not, as some observers have tried to infer, only a metaphor for Japan.<BR/><BR/>Why would he be left off the list? Too radial for FP?Martin J Fridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537556834410284837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-37293817531378968952008-04-24T19:48:00.000+09:002008-04-24T19:48:00.000+09:00Ishiba Shigeru!Ishiba Shigeru!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-76999440036343062142008-04-24T19:41:00.000+09:002008-04-24T19:41:00.000+09:00Also,Hosaka MasayasuTanaka HitoshiSoeya Yoshihide ...Also,<BR/>Hosaka Masayasu<BR/>Tanaka Hitoshi<BR/>Soeya Yoshihide <BR/>Tachibana Takashi<BR/>Tamamoto Masaru<BR/>Hata Ikuhiko<BR/>Ozawa Ichiro<BR/>Okonogi Masao<BR/>Ebata Kensuke<BR/>Komori Yoshihisa<BR/>Beat TakeshiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-68095155854354258652008-04-24T19:01:00.000+09:002008-04-24T19:01:00.000+09:00Uh, dude, you left out the entire left wing. Kang ...Uh, dude, you left out the entire left wing. <BR/><BR/>Kang Sangjung<BR/>Mori Tatsuya<BR/>Sato Masaru (might have the name wrong-I think it is 佐藤優.)<BR/>Takahashi Tetsuya<BR/>Karatani Kojin<BR/><BR/>And if you're setting the bar sufficiently low to include Kobayashi Yoshinori as an 'intellectual', you should really include people like<BR/><BR/>Tahara Soichiro<BR/>Amamiya Karin<BR/><BR/>I'll think of more later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com