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Study on the ethical concepts of the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, ultra-nationalist.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11216427     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
After WWII, ultra-nationalism, which was the leading ideology of wartime Japan, seemed to have lost its power to inspire the Japanese. In the 1960s, when the Japanese began to enjoy economic prosperity, Yukio Mishima, deploring that the Japanese were losing the traditional spirit and morality of the nation, was one of those citizens who felt a strong nostalgia for wartime Japan. In an attempt to revive the spiritual exaltation of wartime Japan, Mishima took radical action as an ultra-nationalist, and killed himself by Hara-kiri. Mishima's ethical concepts, which center on the ethos of warriors who dedicate themselves to the defense of their commune, have structural similarities to the ethical structure of the Kanun, which may be called the ethics of "blood". Mishima's theory of ultra-nationalism has a paradoxical logic, which seems to be related to the ethical concepts of a society without state power.
Authors:
K Yamamoto
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Collegium antropologicum     Volume:  24     ISSN:  0350-6134     ISO Abbreviation:  Coll Antropol     Publication Date:  2000 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-02-16     Completed Date:  2001-03-01     Revised Date:  2009-03-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8003354     Medline TA:  Coll Antropol     Country:  Croatia    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  597-605     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Kyushu Institute of Design, Fukuoka, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cultural Characteristics*
Ethics*
Famous Persons*
History, 20th Century
Humans
Japan
Literature, Modern*
Logic
Male
Politics
Social Conditions
Suicide*
War
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
Y Mishima

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