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Political Thought and Japan's New Left Movements
Transformations in Radical Theory
Political Thought and Japan's New Left Movements
Transformations in Radical Theory
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While the intellectual history of the New Left is dominated by scholarship on western thinkers, Japan's radical theorists developed equally groundbreaking ideas, producing one of the most intense periods of political thought in the global twentieth century. Political Thought and Japan's New Left Movements finally redresses this imbalance by assembling the first comprehensive collection of authoritative essays on the Japanese intellectuals who, by critically rethinking the Marxian legacy, defined their era. Highlighting the connections between these key figures, their historical circumstances and their biographies, this book provides concise, accessible overviews of the theoretical approaches that shaped and were shaped by Japan's 1960s New Left movements, while also evaluating the development and impact of these intellectual contributions. In doing so, it demonstrates the distinctiveness and significance of Japanese left-wing thought, providing an invaluable resource for students of twentieth-century radical politics.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
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Introduction: The Japanese New Left and the Politics of Rupture, Ferran de Vargas and Christopher Perkins, both University of Edinburgh, UK
Section 1. Exploring the Limits of Marxism
1. Umemoto Katsumi, the New Left and the Critique of Civil Society, Viren Murthy, UW-Madison, USA
2. Kakehashi Akihide: From the Philosophy of Nature to The Philosophy of Capital, Ferran de Vargas, University of Edinburgh, UK
3. Legitimacy and Leeway: The Resonance of Uno Kozo's Thought in Japan's New Left, Mario Malo, Universidad de Granada, Spain
4. Hani Goro and the New Left, Takemasa Ando, Musashi University, Japan
5. Inoue Kiyoshi and the Post-Anpo Student Movement, Curtis Anderson Gayle, Waseda University, Japan
Section 2. Developing a New Marxism
6. Kuroda Kan'ichi's Anti-JCP Marxism: Theorizing The “True” Vanguard Party, Ferran de Vargas, University of Edinburgh, UK
7. Hiromatsu Wataru: Theory and Practice of Relationalism and the Critique of Reification, Raji Steineck, University of Zurich, Switzerland
8. Takita Osamu: A Rogue Reconsidered, William Andrews, independent scholar Tokyo, Japan
9. Ota Ryu: the “Black Mirror” of the Japanese New Left, Till Knaudt, Kyoto University, Japan
Section 3. Moving Beyond Marxism
10. Yoshimoto Taka'aki, Radical Intellectual of the Multitude, Manuel Yang, Japan Women?s University, Japan
11. Tanigawa Gan: Poetic Metaphor as Political Action, Wesley Sasaki-Uemura, University of Utah, USA
12. Tokoro Mitsuko: love, revolution, and political activism in the long 1960s, Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff, University of Sheffield, UK
13. Tanaka Mitsu and ribu: liberation begins with me, Yanagiwara Megumi, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, translated by Christopher Perkins, University of Edinburgh, UK
14. Nagasaki Hiroshi: Liberating Rebellion, Christopher Perkins, University of Edinburgh, UK
15. Karatani Kojin: learning from defeat and catastrophe, Carl Cassegård, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Product details
| Published | Jan 22 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781350534681 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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