論（ろん）

• Thought (思考)
• Opinion (意見)
• Discourse (ディスクール)

主張（しゅちょう）

主張（しゅちょう）　＝　意見（いけん）

Philosophical logic (哲学的論理学)　→　Critical thinking (批判的思考)　→　Opinion (意見)

視点・論点: "一票の格差"と民主主義の質 (法政大学教授 白鳥 浩)

民主・自民・公明の６月に取りまとめられた３党合意により、社会保障と税の一体改革法が成立するのに加えて、衆議院の解散総選挙が｢近いうち｣に行われるということが野田首相から当時の自民党谷垣総裁に伝えられたのは８月８日でした。すでにその合意から３か月が経過しようとしています。来る選挙を念頭として、既成政党のみではなく、次の国政選挙で国政に打って出る新政党も準備を始めているところです。１０月２０日に日本維新の会は九州から遊説を開始し、また、１０月２５日には都知事であった石原慎太郎氏も新党を立ち上げ、国政に打って出ることを表明しました。このように、来るべき総選挙を巡って各党は準備を急いでいます。また来年７月には参議院議員選挙も予定されています。

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Affirmative action, アファーマティブ・アクション, John Rawls, ジョン・ロールズ, 一票の格差,

視点・論点 「シリーズ 私の子ども時代（１）」東京大学名誉教授 養老孟司

私の子ども時代から現在までには、ずいぶん大きな変化がありました。世間の考え方も変わったと思いますし、日常の生活がとくに違ってきました。大げさにいうと、人類史上つまり人間の歴史で、日常生活がいちばん変化した時代を、自分が経験してきたのではないか。そんなふうに思うことすらあります。

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Miri Yu (柳美里): 視点・論点「シリーズ 私の子ども時代（４）」作家

Miri Yu

子ども時代を振り返ると、嫌なことばかりだった気がします。
「バイキン」というあだ名をつけられ、「バイキンが伝染る」とクラスメイトたちは指で「エンガチョ」のバリアを張り、運動会の「ジェンカ」や「マイムマイム」や「オクラホマミキサー」などのフォークダンスでは、だれひとりわたしの手に触れる子はいませんでした。

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In the Family

"In the Family" centers on one of the notable performances I've seen — if, indeed, it is a performance. Perhaps Patrick Wang is exactly like that. Then he must be a very good man. He wrote, directed and stars in the film, but it's not a one-man show. It is about the meaning of "family." This is his first feature, and may signal the opening of an important career.

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Geist and Zeitgeist - Hermann Broch

As John Hargraves notes in his introduction, Hermann Broch remains best known, especially in the English-speaking world, for his fiction (in particular the novels The Sleepwalkers (see our review) The Death of Virgil (see our review), two of the towering works of the 20th century), but of the twelve volumes of the German edition of his collected works four are devoted to his essays (and one to his poetry) -- and almost none of that, except the long piece Hugo Hofmannsthal and His Age, has been translated.

Geist and Zeitgeist offers a Broch-essay sampler: six pieces (including a chunk of the Hofmannsthal essay) first written between 1933 and 1948 that display many of Broch's preoccupations, interests, and approaches.

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John Carter

I don't see any way to begin a review of "John Carter" without referring to "Through Time and Space With Ferdinand Feghoot." That was a series of little stories that appeared in the magazine Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1956 to 1973 and had a great influence on my development as a critic. In one of the Feghoot adventures, the hero finds himself on Mars and engaged in bloody swordplay. He is sliced in the leg. Then in the other leg. Then an arm is hacked off. "To hell with this," Feghoot exclaims, unholstering his ray gun and vaporizing his enemies.

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Take Shelter

Here is a frightening thriller based not on special effects gimmicks but on a dread that seems quietly spreading in the land: that the good days are ending, and climate changes or other sinister forces will sweep away our safety. "Take Shelter" unfolds in a quiet Ohio countryside with big skies and flat horizons, and involves a happy family whose life seems contented.

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Jeff Nichols (Director, Writer)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2158772/

An AICN Reader Has Boarded Peter Berg's BATTLESHIP In Tokyo!!

An AICN reader named Jake Walsh attended yesterday's Tokyo premier of Peter Berg's bigscreen adaptation/alienificaton of the famous Hasbro game BATTLESHIP.

What follows are Jake's thoughts on the film. I've tweaked his contributions slightly to extract a SPOILER or two which maybe wouldn't have been fair to release so far out, but substabntively this is very much his report in full. We deeply appreciate his time and effort when sending this along.

His verdict? It's huge, oversized, Bay-esque extravagenza but without the heart and charm of Bay. I'll let Jake speak for himself from this point forward.

We can judge for ourselves when BATTLESHIP opens next month.

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Peter Berg (Director)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000916/

Tadanobu Asano
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038355/

Chemical Brothers - Don't Think

Something happened during the initial theatrical screenings of the Chemical Brothers' concert documentary Don't Think that, while spontaneous, also felt like a foregone conclusion: audiences got up and danced. Sharing a darkened room with a flashy, quick-cutting, psychedelic sensory overload blasted out in Dolby Surround can do that to people. Especially when it's based around a set from arguably the most enduringly successful rave-gone-pop act of all time. Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons have built a 20-year canon that can effortlessly fill 90 minutes with wave after wave of euphoric, body-shaking classics. And at a time when their occasionally-bumpy transition from next-big-thing 1990s icons to Hanna-scoring cool older brothers has positioned them as elder statesmen of a resurgent moment for electronic dance music, the role of a generation-bridging legacy act has fit them well. So while Gondry and Jonze did them plenty of justice in the MTV era, an actual audiovisual document of their mind-bending live show feels a bit overdue.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The success of the her­oine Lisbeth Salander suggests a hunger in audiences for an action picture hero who is not a white 35ish male with stubble on his chin. Such characters are often effective, but they sometimes seem on loan from other films. There are few characters anywhere like Salander, played here by Rooney Mara and by Noomi Rapace in the original 2009 Swedish picture. Thin, stark, haunted, with a look that crosses goth with S&M, she is fearsomely intelligent and emotionally stranded.

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War Horse

The closing shots of Steven Spielberg's "War Horse" will stir emotions in every serious movie lover. The sky is painted with a deeply red-orange sunset. A lone rider is seen far away on the horizon. The rider approaches and dismounts. He embraces a woman and a man. They all embrace the horse's head. Music swells. This footage, with the rich colors and dramatic framing on what is either a soundstage or intended to look like one, could come directly from a John Ford Western.

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Great Movies: The First 100

Every other week I visit a film classic from the past and write about it. My "Great Movies" series began in the autumn of 1996 and now reaches a landmark of 100 titles with today's review of Federico Fellini's "8 1/2," which is, appropriately, a film about a film director. I love my job, and this is the part I love the most.

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Directors

Orson Welles

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000080/

Luis Bunuel

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000320/

John Ford

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406/

F.W. Murnau

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003638/

Buster Keaton

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000036/

Alfred Hitchcock

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/

Billy Wilder

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/

Akira Kurosawa

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/

Jacques Tati

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004244/

Movies

8 1/2

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/

Mr. Hulot's Holiday

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046487/

Metropolis

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/

Children of Heaven

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118849/

Nosferatu

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442/

The Third Man

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/

Ikiru

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/

Written on the Wind

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049966/

Last Year at Marienbad

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054632/

2001: A Space Odyssey

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/

Battleship Potemkin

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015648/

Floating Weeds

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053390/

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042/

Total Recall

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/

The Great Movies

Movie history did not begin in 1967, but my career as a movie critic did. 

Since then I've reviewed most of the new movies as they've opened, but there is almost never time to go back and write about the great movies of the past. Three or four times a year, when a classic movie is re-released in a restored version, I'll write something about it (recently I've revisited ``Belle de Jour,'' ``Taxi Driver,'' and ``The Umbrellas of Cherbourg''). But in general I press forward into the future.

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Belle de Jour
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061395/

Taxi Driver
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058450/

Casablanca
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/

Magnificent Ambersons
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035015/

Mr. Hulot's Holiday
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046487/

Vertigo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/

8 1/2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/

Floating Weeds
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053390/

The General
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017925/

Citizen Kane
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/

The Third Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/

La Dolce Vita
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053779/

Psycho
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/

The Godfather
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

Apocalypse Now
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/

Raging Bull
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/

E.T
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/

2001: A Space Odyssey
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/

The Music Room
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051792/

Singin' in the Rain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/

Penguins Playbook: Breaking Down the Crosby Powerplay

Sidney Crosby reminds me of Mario Lemieux at age 35. 

That’s not an insult. Probably not a compliment to the 24-year-old Crosby either. It’s reality. 

When Lemieux came out of retirement in 2000, he was a different player. He could no longer physically dominate opponents with his reach, deceptive speed, and 6-foot-4 frame. He had to combine what was left of those talents with his exceptional hockey IQ. 

Lemieux stayed out of the high-traffic areas in an effort to save his body and became an elite playmaker. (Goals made up over 40% of his points pre-retirement; after 2000 that dropped to 33%). 

Crosby has made a similar transition. THW’s James Conley suggested last week that Crosby should consider the perimeter style of play if he wants to stay healthy long-term. Through five games, that’s exactly the Crosby we’ve seen.

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The Case Against Google

For the last two months, you've seen some version of the same story all over the Internet: Delete your search history before Google's new privacy settings take effect. A straightforward piece outlining a rudimentary technique, but also evidence that the search titan has a serious trust problem on its hands.

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Burberry Prorsum Fall 2012 Menswear

Day One of the Milan menswear shows and it's already obvious: Fall 2012 is the Season of the Suit. And designers will rise or fall on how they interpret this staple of the masculine wardrobe. As an urban evolution of the military uniform, the suit stands for security in a man's closet. Which means Christopher Bailey is fashion's Securicor for Fall. Not only can he draw on Burberry's military heritage and acute sartorialism, but he can also tap the seam of eccentricity that runs through the company's history—and its tradition of artisanship. He did all of that today, to great effect. The show was called The Gentlemen. Afterwards, Bailey was stressing the gentle. In particular, it was the virtues of politeness and good manners that he was endorsing. Laudable indeed—and fortunately for him, the clothes he offered by way of support were an appealing advertisement for a new kind of gentlemanliness.

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Burberry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burberry

Christopher Bailly
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/designerdirectory/BURBERRY/about/

sartorialism
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sartorialism

Double-breasted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-breasted

Trouser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousers

Overcoats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overcoat

Half belt
http://en.texsite.info/Half_belt

Dandy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy

Quilting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilting

Flight jacket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_jacket

Houndstooth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houndstooth

Blouson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouson

Flannel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannel

Knitted fabric
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitted_fabric

Woven fabric
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woven

Nonwoven fabric
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonwoven

Artisan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artisan

Embroidery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidery

Peganism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism

Sweater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweater

Scoop neck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoop_neck

Parka (Anorak)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak

Velvet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet

Bally Fall 2012 Menswear

After a few seasons of pushing fashion at Bally, Graeme Fidler and Michael Herz are finding classics more their speed. It's not that their new men's collection for the Swiss label isn't stylish—it is—but honing in on the label's heritage and strongest suits is the new order of the day. Bally has a long history to draw upon, and Fidler and Herz saw to it that their presentation did just that.

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Bally
http://www.bally.com/

Graeme Fidler
http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/graeme-fidler/

Michael Herz
http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/michael-herz/

Pea Coat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_coat

Calfskin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calfskin

Foil-coated

Commanding officer's coat

Alexander Wang Fall 2012 Menswear

The street is never far from Alexander Wang's mind. It won't come as a surprise to discover that he street-cast his lookbook model, a skater from Philadelphia. (Nor should it be much of a surprise, given Wang's talent for coming out just ahead of the curve, that after the designer booked him, the modeling agency that had all but forgotten it represented him wanted to send him to Europe for go-sees for the menswear collections.) The point is, Wang's key words are street andsport. His burgeoning men's collection may be more refined than the T line out of which it grew, but it hews close to its original.

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