Critic Shichihei Yamamoto (1921-1991) was known for his works including “Japanese and the Jews,” which he published under the pseudonym of Isaiah Ben-Dasan, and “‘Kuki’ no Kenkyu,” which roughly translates as “A study on ‘air/atmosphere.’”
Why do human beings waste time? Good question. “There’s no easy answer,” writes philosopher Sachiko Sakonji in Bungei Shunju (November). Of course not. How can there be? What does “waste” mean? Do human beings waste time? One person’s wasted time is another person’s free time, and still another’s productive labor. What does…
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