"Thoughts for Survival" Author: [Japanese] Ueno Chizuko Translator: Zou Yun Xue Mei Beijing United Publishing Company

"There is no value more important than life. The idea of ​​feminism is the idea of ​​'living'"

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What is the appeal of war?

Are women naturally pacifists?

Is feminism about pursuing the goal that women can fight like men?

Chizuko Ueno, the first person to be recognized as a feminist theorist in Japan and the author of Feminism from Zero

A comprehensive work that examines feminism from a new perspective on nation, ethnicity, and violence

"Heroism is the enemy of women who want a normal everyday life, who want tomorrow to be like today."

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【Editor's recommendation】

1. Chizuko Ueno is a pioneer and leader of Japanese feminist theory and movement. In recent years, she has become a representative figure and star scholar in the spread of East Asian feminism. Her works such as "Feminism from Zero" and "Misogyny" continue to be popular in China, and she has also won the love and wide attention of readers.

2. This book is a representative work and classic treatise of Chizuko Ueno's feminist theory. It is her first summary work on issues such as the state, violence, and gender. It has been a long-selling book in Japan and has great academic and ideological value.

3. This book explores feminism from a new perspective. Starting from the 9/11 incident of this century, tracing back to the comfort women lawsuits of the last century and the subsequent Gulf War, it explains the classic assertion that "there is no value more important than life, and the idea of ​​feminism is the 'idea of ​​survival'". This book also includes Chizuko Ueno's retirement speech at the University of Tokyo - the article of the same name "The Idea of ​​Survival". It is a must-read book for a comprehensive understanding of Chizuko Ueno's feminist theory.

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【Content Introduction】

What is the appeal of war?

Can women become soldiers just like men?

Does the equality that feminism pursue mean that women should also participate in wars like men?

The 9/11 incident opened the curtain of the 21st century. After experiencing the unprecedented "20th century of war and destruction", we have witnessed such unreasonable violence in the new century. In the new combination of state and violence, the variable of gender has been added. We have to face the problem of "both men and women participating in violence".

"Thoughts for Survival" is a summary work by Chizuko Ueno, the first person in Japanese feminist theory, focusing on issues such as the state, violence, and gender. She started from the 9/11 incident of this century, traced back to the comfort women lawsuits of the last century and the subsequent Gulf War, and in these violent incidents, she thought about how the uncertain factor of gender played a role in the new formation of the state and the violent system. She issued the slogan "Escape, survive!", further confirming and explaining that "feminism is the idea of ​​respecting the weak as weak."

This book is another feminist masterpiece by Chizuko Ueno after Patriarchy and Capitalism.

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