Age of Disaffection: The Aesthetic Critique of Politics in 1960s Japan

Examining aesthetic criticism, popular literature, avant-garde art, cinema, and political theory, Patrick Noonan argues that cultural producers in 1960s Japan cultivated what he calls an “ethos of disaffection” toward revolutionary politics and postwar society.

• | Author: Patrick Noonan
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 19, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780231220484
• | ISBN-10: 0231220480