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The Autobiography of Osugi Sakae
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Osugi Sakae
In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. Flamboyant in life, dramatic in death, Osugi came to be seen as a romantic hero fighting the oppressiveness of family and society.
Osugi helped to create this public persona when he published his autobiogr ...more
Osugi helped to create this public persona when he published his autobiogr ...more
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Published
December 17th 1992
by University of California Press
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Well written, although how much of that is Osugi's skill as a writer and how much of that is attributable to the supple translation is questionable. However, while the writing itself is good, Osugi does not delve into the most immediately fascinating aspects of his life: his anarchism, his social activism, his love affairs - in short, all the things that made him famous and infamous.
Far be it from me to say what is worthy in his life and what is not, but it's an account that cuts out the meat o ...more
Far be it from me to say what is worthy in his life and what is not, but it's an account that cuts out the meat o ...more
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