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Betrayal by idealism and aesthetics: Special Attack Force (kamikaze) pilots and their intellectual trajectories (Part 1)
Author(s) -
OhnukiTierney Emiko
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0268-540x.2004.00258.x
Subject(s) - betrayal , idealism , aesthetics , philosophy , sociology , psychology , social psychology , epistemology
This is the first part of a two‐part article in which Emiko Ohnuki‐Tierney looks at popular and media images of ‘suicide bombers’. in the light of post‐9/11 events in the United States. Part 1 looks at the backgrounds of Japanese World War II ‘kamikaze’ pilots, often adduced in discussions of the 9/11 hijackers. In Part 2, to be published in a future issue, Ohnuki‐Tierney will address the specific parallels drawn between Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in the US media and the role of intellectuals in wars.