In revising my essay on Zola for resubmission, I finally realized that my mistake is to assume that my readers are not simply more knowledgeable than me in every possible way, but also aware of all the connections and intersections I do no…

「秀麿の心理状態を簡単に説明すれば、無聊に苦んでいると云うより外はない。それも何事もすることの出来ない、低い刺戟に饑えている人の感ずる退屈とは違う。内に眠っている事業に圧迫せられるような心持である。潜勢力の苦痛である。」（森鴎外「かのよう…

「罪とは人がもう一人の人間の人生の上を通過しながら、自分がそこに残した痕跡を忘れることだった。[Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind.]」（遠藤周作『沈黙』[Sh…

"Genuine dialectics does not justify the errors of individuals, but studies the inevitable turns, proving that they were inevitable by a detailed study of the process of development in all its concreteness. One of the basic principles of d…

At 3:45 AM, drinking whiskey, ripping CDs, listening to Mahler's Ninth symphony conducted by Hermann Scherchen, and editing my translation of Berkman's Prison Memoir. In short, I'm doing the same thing, regardless of where I'm.

「マルクスが関心を抱いていたのは、社会の革命的な変容であり、それはつまり、資本主義の価値形態をかなぐり捨て、それに代わる価値構造を構築すること、資本主義の下で成し遂げられたものに特有の性質を持たないオルタナティヴな価値システムを構築するこ…

"It is not to be imagined that reason can ever be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular; but reason always remains the sole property of a few eminent individuals.” (Eckermann. Conversations with Goethe.) 「理性がいつの日かポピ…