Tatakae TELL-ALL BOOK (Wani Books plus Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] This is a new edition of one of Aoyama's best-known books, "Bokura no Philosophy" ("Our Philosophy") (published in 2017), with a newly written chapter. We Japanese have been led to believe, or have been made to believe, that we have lost our national philosophy and ideals due to the single defeat in the war. This book is a text book for us to think about the "philosophy of living for the public good" that we should reconfirm now more than ever. The book covers topics such as his visit to India and the Futenma issue in Okinawa. It is also a gem of a discussion illuminated by the author's footsteps as the president and chief researcher of a private think tank before becoming a member of the House of Councillors, where he placed great importance on "the field. The title of this book is in English, which is unusual for an author who loves the Japanese language, but when you read the part where he explains why he added the kanji for "war," you can strongly feel the revival of his country.

青山氏の名著のひとつである「ぼくらの哲学」(2017年刊)に書き下ろしの新章を加えての新書化。たった一度の敗戦で国家の理念や哲学を失ったと思い込んできた、あるいは思い込まされてきた我々日本人。そんな私たちが今こそ再確認すべき「公のために生きる哲学」を考えるためのテキストとなる一冊。その題材はインド訪問や沖縄の普天間問題など。それは、参議院議員になる以前、民間のシンクタンクの社長・兼・首席研究員として「現場」を大切にしてきた著者が歩んだ足跡が照らし出す珠玉の論考でもある。本書は、日本語をこよなく愛する著者にしては異例の英字タイトルだが、それに「戦」という漢字を添えた理由を述べた箇所を読むと、祖国の甦生を力強く感じられる。