genron

Web portal for critical discourse in Japan, managed by Tokyo based publishing startup Genron led by critic and author Hiroki Azuma.

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At last, @genroncafe hosted Hong Kong philosopher Yuk Hui! Ishida and Azuma spoke with him. The exciting 5-hour talk spanned from Heidegger and Leibniz to ancient Chinese thinkers, speculative realism and the Anthropocene.https://t.co/EpULsevWH8

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Our book Expo 2025: An Unfinished Project is now on sale. Its discussions on the major structures of Expo 2025 Osaka and the absence of the Russian Pavilion shed light on the Expo's history and meaning, and the challenges of future architecture. https://t.co/UY4omXX4Dj

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The first issue interrogates the post-2020 condition of socio-cultural critique, engaging with themes such as DIY, conspiracies, imperial imaginaries, street culture, and touchscreen interfaces. It also includes four selected essays chosen from over sixty submissions.

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Our new magazine Genron y is now on sale! Edited by four scholars and critics of the 1990s generation, it brings together contributors born from the 1980s to the 2000s. https://t.co/2yWlqdRn6A

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Azuma's new book On Peace and Foolishness is out now. Drawing on his travels to Ukraine, former Yugoslavia, Vietnam, China, and Hiroshima, it explores how to remember the folly of evil such as war crimes, and how non-thinking can sustain genuine peace. https://t.co/3zFSsKQthq

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Our book, Ambivalent Hip Hop, is now on sale. Beatmaker and critic MA$A$HI explores the essence of hip hop and investigates the ambivalent nature of Japanese rap, which oscillates between authenticity and locality. https://t.co/pJaZ66Edz9

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Emotion and Journalism, our book by Ryosuke Nishida, is now on sale. Through his essays and dialogues with leading journalists and thinkers including Shoko Egawa and Hiroki Azuma, Nishida examines how to address the journalism industry's decline. https://t.co/0f6nSgt8Lj

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In our book In the Beginning There Was Gotanda, Hoshino depicts the dual histories of her family and Gotanda (a district in Tokyo where her family lived around for 100+ years), centered around memories of war and the Bombing of Tokyo. https://t.co/vPsolctEz0

[genron @genron_en]

Azuma's new book On Peace and Foolishness is out now. Drawing on his travels to Ukraine, former Yugoslavia, Vietnam, China, and Hiroshima, it explores how to remember the folly of evil such as war crimes, and how non-thinking can sustain genuine peace. https://t.co/3zFSsKQthq

[genron @genron_en]

The first issue interrogates the post-2020 condition of socio-cultural critique, engaging with themes such as DIY, conspiracies, imperial imaginaries, street culture, and touchscreen interfaces. It also includes four selected essays chosen from over sixty submissions.

[genron @genron_en]

Our new magazine Genron y is now on sale. Edited by four scholars and critics of the 1990s generation, it brings together contributors born from the 1980s to the 2000s. https://t.co/2yWlqdRn6A

[genron @genron_en]

Our book, Ambivalent Hip Hop, is now on sale. Beatmaker and critic MA$A$HI explores the essence of hip hop and investigates the ambivalent nature of Japanese rap, which oscillates between authenticity and locality. https://t.co/pJaZ66Edz9

[genron @genron_en]

Azuma's new book On Peace and Foolishness is out now. Drawing on his travels to Ukraine, former Yugoslavia, Vietnam, China, and Hiroshima, it explores how to remember the folly of evil such as war crimes, and how non-thinking can sustain genuine peace. https://t.co/3zFSsKQthq

[genron @genron_en]

The first issue interrogates the post-2020 condition of socio-cultural critique, engaging with themes such as DIY, conspiracies, imperial imaginaries, street culture, and touchscreen interfaces. It also includes four selected essays chosen from over sixty submissions.

[genron @genron_en]

Our new magazine Genron y is now on sale! Edited by four scholars and critics of the 1990s generation, it brings together contributors born from the 1980s to the 2000s. https://t.co/2yWlqdRn6A

[genron @genron_en]

Our book Expo 2025: An Unfinished Project is now on sale. Its discussions on the major structures of Expo 2025 Osaka and the absence of the Russian Pavilion shed light on the Expo's history and meaning, and the challenges of future architecture. https://t.co/Vp6Cm2oD5d

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In our book "Awakened with New Eyes" (ตื่นบนเตียงอื่น), Prabda finds his thoughts and imagination developing during his stay in Siquijor, the Philippine island of "black magic." Translated by Sho Fukutomi. https://t.co/WTWrXHsuUo

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The anthology is edited and translated by Takashi Kuwano, a scholar of Russian literature. https://t.co/SHfjrZjCEI

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Our book, Is the Peaceful Coexistence of Different Nationalities Possible?, is now on sale. This anthology presents the works of Polish linguist Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, who addressed "the Jewish question" and Russia–Ukraine relations in the early 20th century.

[genron @genron_en]

The first issue interrogates the post-2020 condition of socio-cultural critique, engaging with themes such as DIY, conspiracies, imperial imaginaries, street culture, and touchscreen interfaces. It also includes four selected essays chosen from over sixty submissions.

[genron @genron_en]

Our new magazine Genron y is now on sale! Edited by four scholars and critics of the 1990s generation, it brings together contributors born from the 1980s to the 2000s. https://t.co/2yWlqdRn6A