Space,Knowledge,and Imperial Power:Ethical Interpretations of Zone of Emptiness
Zone of Emptiness,created by Japanese postwar writer Noma Hiroshi,is a novel set in special spaces,about life in military barracks.It is described in the novel how power,desire,ambition,flattery and ugliness functioned and interacted in the Japanese military,with an exposition of the dark process in which the imperial power structure transformed the Japanese civilians into"Japanese soldiers".Soldiers were manipulated and tamed into utilitarian war machines in the spaces of barracks and prisons;and the intellectuals recognized the deception and artificiality in the military camp space,which was isolated from the outside world,and seriously questioned the aggressive nature of the imperial army permeated in the military camp space.The writing shows rational thinking about how to face the Japanese imperial power under the special identity of being"Japanese".
Noma HiroshiZone of Emptinessspaceethicsimperial power
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