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Underground

Haruki Murakami
jp. アンダーグラウンド · 1997
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Main Ideas

Main Ideas

  • Exploration of human psychology and motivation through interviews with victims and participants of the sarin attack in the Tokyo subway.
  • Analysis of Japanese society and its response to crisis situations.
  • Issues surrounding the Aum Shinrikyo cult and its influence on people, including the reasons why individuals join destructive cults.
  • Reflections on the nature of evil and human vulnerability to it.
  • Problems of collective and individual responsibility in society.
  • Questions of memory and trauma, and their impact on individuals and society as a whole.
Underground
Date of publication: 27 February 2025
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Author: 
Haruki Murakami
Original title: jp. アンダーグラウンド · 1997
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