Social Movements and the Contemporary Capitalist Nation State: Insights from Karatani Kôjin and the "Sunflower Movement"

• Main Author: Shiyu, Chen
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Japanese philosophy; Kyoto School; Kant; modern thought; national sovereignty; nationalism
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol21/iss1/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1347/viewcontent/Budhi_2021.1_203_20Article_20__20Shiyu.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Karatani Kôjin is one of the most important New Left critics active today. Several of his key concepts, such as “beyond capital-nation-state” and “singularity,” have not only sparked considerable theoretical discussion in the academe, but have sometimes become guiding principles of social movem...