Vol. 3June 2026
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A Short Essay on Egoism

エゴイズム小論

坂口安吾 · Japanese

Taking the Sumitomo Kuniko kidnapping as his test case, Sakaguchi Ango dismantles easy moralism and argues that family, society, and even…

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Taking the Sumitomo Kuniko kidnapping as his test case, Sakaguchi Ango dismantles easy moralism and argues that family, society, and even self-sacrifice rest on a hidden bedrock of egoism. A provocative postwar essay.

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