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ある柄谷行人から

Posted on July 29, 2010 by admin

告白という形式あるいは告白という制度が、告白さるべき内面、あるいは「真の自己」なるものを産出するのだ。問題は何をいかにして告白するかではなく、この告白という制度そのものによる。隠すべきことがあって告白するのではない。告白するという義務が、隠すべき事を、あるいは「内面」を作り出すのである。『日本近代文学の起源』

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On “Unbearable Lightness of Being” 3

Posted on October 25, 2008 by admin

P76   We might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. Aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it. He is drunk with weakness, wishes to go even weaker, wishes to fall … Continue reading →

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On “Unbearable Lightness of Being” 2

Posted on October 21, 2008 by admin

P53  She felt as though she were carrying her mother in her stomach and her mother had guffawed to spoil her meeting with Tomas. This is a pretty psychoanalytical point of view, but I can totally feel empathy to it, … Continue reading →

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Colin Powell and Lightness of Being

Posted on October 19, 2008 by admin

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell decided to endorse Obama. I am happy about it. It reminded me of how he presented Weapon of Mass Destruction Iraq was considered to have in the U.N. Security Council, prior to the … Continue reading →

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On “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” 1

Posted on October 18, 2008 by admin

P4  (after mentioning the nostalgia in leafing through a book on Hitler,) This reconciliation with Hitler reveals the profound moral perversity of a world that rests essentially on the nonexistence of return, for in this world everything is pardoned in … Continue reading →

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