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 Shock and Naturalization in Contemporary Japanese Literature

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xviii)   (76K)
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    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Introduction
  • Modernity And Shock (1-34)   (140K)
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    • Shock
    • Porosity
    • Aura
    • Spleen And The Protective Shield Of Consciousness
    • Hell And The Dilemma Of Shock-Modernity
    • Notes
  • Second Nature And Revolt (35-49)   (81K)
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    • Second Nature
    • Distraction, Epiphany And Revolt
    • Notes
  • Naturalized Modernity (50-110)   (222K)
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    • The Defeat Of Radicalism
    • Enter Murakami Haruki
    • Trains And Cars
    • The City
    • The Chance Encounter
    • Naturalization
    • Non-Sociality
    • Hades
    • Notes
  • Strategies For The Good Life (111-127)   (84K)
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    • Two Ideals Of The Good Life
    • The Ideal Of Authenticity
    • Alternative Traditions
    • Notes
  • Kawabata Yasunari: Shock And The Reunion With Inner Nature (128-147)   (100K)
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    • The Aesthetization Of Shock
    • Elegiac Other Worldliness And The High Consciousness Of Mono No Aware
    • A Volte-Face Of Benjamin’s Thesis
    • Notes
  • Abe Kobo And The Triumph Of Shock (148-161)   (76K)
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    • The Defeat Of The Intellect And The Superior Might Of The System
    • The Temptation Of Regression
    • Fear And Desire, Once Again
    • The Antinomies Of Authenticity
    • Notes
  • Murakami Haruki: Loneliness And Waiting (162-187)   (116K)
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    • Loneliness
    • Passivity As Strategy
    • Authenticity In The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
    • Trauma, Recovery And Kindness
    • Notes
  • Murakami Ryu: Boredom And The Nostalgia For Shock (188-207)   (97K)
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    • Two Attitudes To Boredom
    • The Endless Everyday And Apocalyptic Violence
    • Shock As A Criterion Of Authenticity
    • Escalation And The Return Of Boredom
    • Trauma, Recovery And The Return Of Political Activism In The 1990s
    • Notes
  • Nature And The Critique Of Myth (208-219)   (68K)
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    • Shock, Nature And History
    • Journeys In Shock-Modernity
    • From Nature To History
    • Non-Identity And The Possibility Of Critique
  • Bibliography (220-232)   (83K)
  • Index (233-238)   (41K)