Masakazu Nakai
Introduction The tabloid ''Doyōbi'', founded by Masakazu Nakai (14 February 1900 - 18 May 1952) was a Japanese aesthetician, film theorist, librarian, and social activist.
Career Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Nakai studied philosophy at Kyoto University, particularly aesthetics under Yasukazu Fukuda. He started the dōjinshi ''Bi hihyō'' in 1930, which changed its name to ''Sekai bunka'' in 1935.He became a lecturer at Kyoto University while being active in left-wing social movements, protesting Japan's tilt towards fascism and promoting popular forms of culture through such concepts at the "logic of the committee. "Nakai co-founded the popular culture tabloid ''Doyōbi'' (''Saturday'') in 1936.However, the magazine was discontinued in 1937 with his arrest for anti-fascist political activity under the Peace Preservation Law. Nakai also lost his university position as a result of the arrest. After World War II, he continued his political activism by teaching philosophy as part of the Hiroshima Culture Movement and by running for governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, only losing by a narrow margin. He was appointed the first Vice Librarian (''fukukanchō'') of the National Diet Library in 1948.
Selected bibliography *  *  *  Nakai Masakazu (2016). “La logique des comités.” Translated by Michael Lucken. ''European Journal of Japanese Philosophy'' 1: 289–357. *  Kaffen, Philip (2018). “Nakai Masakazu and the Cinematic Imperative.” ''Positions'' 26, no. 3: 483–515. *  Lucken, Michael (2016). ''Nakai Masakazu: naissance de la théorie critique au japon''. Dijon: Les Presses du réel. *  Lucken, Michael (2018). “On the Origins of New Left and Counterculture Movements in Japan: Nakai Masakazu and Contemporary Thought.” ''Positions'' 26, no. 4: 593–618. *  Moore, Aaron (2009). “Para-existential Forces of Intervention: Nakai Masakazu’s Theory of Technology and Critique of Capitalism.” ''Positions'' 17, no. 1: 127–157.
References
External links * Nakai Masakazu at Aozora Bunko (in Japanese)