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8. Postscript

As I mentioned at the end of Introduction, ahead of publication of this book, I designed the cover by myself. This is why its appearance is amateurish. On this cover, one bird is about to fly out into the sky towards somewhere higher through the “window” which isn opened to the sky. 詳細記事 →

7. To Integrated Oneness

The word “journey” in this book is, of course, a “journey” in which life is said to be a journey.

Therefore, it is a “struggle in order to live” that any person is doing as long as the person lives, whatsoever border is closed or air flights are restricted because of COVID-19.

And when we are struggling so, it does not mean that each element is considered separately like each item is described in this book chapter by chapter.

When I wrote this book, I dared to separate the whole into chapters using an analytical approach.

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6. Paradigm Change of Thought

 Japan as the number one in the world

When I was young, attractive foreign countries were those developed countries in Europe and the United States.

In other words, in the long history of the world, the West opened up the fore of world civilization, thus conquering the world, carrying out slaughter, piling up wealth from the world, winning wars, occupying the top of worldwide organizations, having led the world in both senses of good and bad. Because of that, they could claim to be the leaders of the world. 詳細記事 →

5. Mental and Psychological Growth

 Origins of Japaneseness

I think the Japanese are a unique ancestral group. Moreover, I think that they are rare people in the world, so rich in benevolent spirit. It is not so difficult for Japanese to believe that everyone is the same human being.

The reason Japan has nurtured such characteristics is deeply related to that it is an island country. It is also because until the occupation by the United States in 1945, Japan was a very lucky country that had never been occupied or conquered by foreign enemies. 詳細記事 →

4. Health as Infrastructure

In recent years, health is the area I am most dedicated to.

Of course, it includes the nuance of “gratitude when I lose it” because I came to have a few health problems due to getting older.

However, if it is so, on the contrary, I want to take more care of things that “I didn’t lose yet”.

And further, I have a somewhat regretful feeling why I have not been doing so from the beginning.

In other words, as I mentioned earlier, it is the view that health is the infrastructure that supports us physically and mentally. It is same way that city water and sewage systems underpin the foundation of our city life as infrastructure.

And further, when you spread your eyes over the world, it is not just about health, it is the same about the environment and nature.

By maintaining and preserving its normal function all the time, the ability of the city and its people will improve properly. 詳細記事 →

3. Changing Science, Forwarding Quantum Theory

Amphibiology: practical knowledge of life

In the previous chapter, I explained the history of the birth and development of amphibiology (my coined word from “amphibious study”), which was inspired by my experience studying abroad in Australia. As far as its name is concerned, it seems a kind of an “academic system”. However, it may have had been influenced by the academic environment of the overseas study but the actual content is a systemization of the knowledge learned from the practical experience from my life. 詳細記事 →

2. Differences in Politics and Thought

Middle aged overseas study in Australia

In October 1984 I left Japan for Australia.

This is because, when I had completed the particularly responsible work of the labour union, I had begun to think to again study the labour movement in an international perspective.

However, my age was already 38, and to be an international student at that age was somewhat embarrassing for me. Further my English skill was minimal. 詳細記事 →

以下は、“主流経済の辺縁者”の見解である。それによると、ひょっとすると人類は、目下、コロナ禍を契機として、その文明を牛耳ってきた《マネーの君臨》――手段と目的の逆転――の、新次元への変貌の瀬戸際にあることを目撃しているのかもしれない。 詳細記事 →