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The Politics of Loss: On Eto Jun

The Politics of Loss: On Eto Jun positions 10:1 Spring 2002 variously as a humanist, a literary and cultural critic, and a neoconservative— also developed influential means of participating in the conflict and contest between varied publics. Eto Jun’s writings are nothing if not controversial. Eto not only produced ¯ ¯ scores of influential books and articles about subjects as far-flung as literary criticism and the postwar political scene; he also established himself among the foremost public intellectuals who dominate Japan’s print and visual media and accordingly function as important “agents of public memory.”3 Eto drew fire especially during the mid-1960s when, not long after his return ¯ from a two-year stint at Princeton University, he produced a series of essays that seemed to indicate a shift toward conservatism and ultranationalism.4 This article has come about as a result of my effort to understand the complexities of a central rhetorical and conceptual figure prominent in Eto’s ¯ discursive and intellectual career, that of loss (soshitsu), and the politics of ¯ this figure of loss. The idea of loss is tremendously compelling because it works as part of a logical narrative that allows us to clarify why Eto insisted ¯ on working as a cultural critic—or, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png positions asia critique Duke University Press

The Politics of Loss: On Eto Jun

Sherif, Ann
positions asia critique , Volume 10 (1) – Mar 1, 2002
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Duke University Press
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Copyright 2002 by Duke University Press
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1067-9847
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10.1215/10679847-10-1-111
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positions 10:1 Spring 2002 variously as a humanist, a literary and cultural critic, and a neoconservative— also developed influential means of participating in the conflict and contest between varied publics. Eto Jun’s writings are nothing if not controversial. Eto not only produced ¯ ¯ scores of influential books and articles about subjects as far-flung as literary criticism and the postwar political scene; he also established himself among the foremost public intellectuals who dominate Japan’s print and visual media and accordingly function as important “agents of public memory.”3 Eto drew fire especially during the mid-1960s when, not long after his return ¯ from a two-year stint at Princeton University, he produced a series of essays that seemed to indicate a shift toward conservatism and ultranationalism.4 This article has come about as a result of my effort to understand the complexities of a central rhetorical and conceptual figure prominent in Eto’s ¯ discursive and intellectual career, that of loss (soshitsu), and the politics of ¯ this figure of loss. The idea of loss is tremendously compelling because it works as part of a logical narrative that allows us to clarify why Eto insisted ¯ on working as a cultural critic—or,

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Published: Mar 1, 2002

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