tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805664.post-15172399670436867182008-04-25T14:19:00.000+09:002008-04-25T14:19:00.000+09:00There will be no Japanese intellectuals if Ian Buruma is on the list.However,he did raised awareness about absence of Japanese voice in global intellectual sphere.But then again,kind of voice Buruma pick up always have something to do with perverted sex,ultranationalism and Nihonjinron.He never talk about Maruyama Masao,et al.<BR/><BR/>"I live in Japan,I spend a lot of my time (too much, perhaps) following strands of conversation about our world in various forums, and I can not mention any Japanese intellectual that would fulfil those criteria. "<BR/><BR/>Perhaps,because you are here studying the Japanese as a group and not getting to know the individuals? One things I learned about Japanologist is that they rarely translates Japanese ideas and spend more time quoting fellow foreign Japanologist on the issue.<BR/><BR/>AcefaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com