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OdiousOutlaw wrote
I've read her stuff a while back.
Always good to read some nihilist anarchism outside of the west.
fortmis OP wrote
What did you read? Got a recommendation?
OdiousOutlaw wrote
She only has two works on the anarchist library.
I read both.
She wasn't boring to me, so you should start with "Because I wanted to" and read "The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman" if you find that you enjoy her writing style.
fortmis OP wrote
Hold on, what was your old username
OdiousOutlaw wrote
It was CaptainACAB before.
fortmis OP wrote
Ohhhhh hi !!!
kano wrote
I definitely second prison memoirs of a japanese woman, I read it a while ago and found it it really cool and interesting.
skogarmadur wrote (edited )
Because I wanted to is incredibly based.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/max-res-kaneko-fumiko-because-i-wanted-to
fortmis OP wrote
She stated, in reference to the strictly negative version of nihilism she originally pursued, that "formerly I said 'I negate life'... [but] my negation of all life was completely meaningless... The stronger the affirmation of life, the stronger the creation of life- negation together with rebellion. Therefore, I affirm life." However, she also takes care to define what this affirmation of life means for a nihilist, which she expects to be very different from the perspectives of the officials: "Living is not synonymous with merely having movement. It is moving in accordance with one's will… one could say that with deeds, one begins to really live. Accordingly, when one moves by means of one's own will and this leads to the destruction of one's body, this is not a negation of life. It is an affirmation."
fortmis OP wrote
I'm in love honestly
crime wrote
Even just these couple quotes in this thread have me interested. Thanks for sharing, definitely gonna check out her stuff
fortmis OP wrote