Showing posts with label Ikki Kita. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ikki Kita. Show all posts

Sunday, July 26, 2009

These questions can not be answered. Ikki Kita

(Left image; February 26 Incident coup de'tat in 1936)
To tell the truth, Kita is one of the most important persons to recognize Japanese modernism. His thinking embodied difficulty of Europeanism in asia. Although I don't adore his thinking and don't have so much interest with his works.
In Japan,"Ikki Kita"problem is social taboo.Mass media wouldn't deal with him.
He was executed as the mastermind of rebellion in 1937.This was February 26 incident.
To recognize Japan, Kita may be more important than Lady Murasaki.
By the way, Kita came to be as if a channeler with his wife "Suzu"at the end. He became a lotus sutra mystic

When Sarin gas attack on the tokyo subway happened in 1995, "Shoko Asahara" reminded me of Ikki Kita.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Socialism is a social darwinism.

(left image; Ikki Kita Social philosopher 1883-1937)
Japanese often misunderstand social Darwinism. That is to say,market economy is under the law of the jungle,or Meritocracy is natural selection. As if free economy system were social Darwinism.
Before WWⅡ, There was a famous National Socialist "Ikki Kita(北一輝). He would imagine free competitive marriage system. He thought this would make social evolution. He was ultra right. He was known as one who was seriously influenced by Darwin in Japan.
Generally speaking, the socialists are influenced by Darwin on concern with not economy but family problem.
Of course, Darwinism itself is ,Whether his theory is right or not, biological science, not family system studies.