TANIZAKI JUN'ICHIRŌ, THE KYOTO SCHOOL, AND THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY TRANSPARENCY SOCIETY.

The article discusses the significance of Tanizaki Jun'ichirō's essay "In'ei raisan" in relation to the Kyoto School and its relevance to the critique of total transparency in the twenty-first century. Topics include the essay's challenge to universalist understandings of modernity, its connection to critical transparency studies, and the implications of total visibility and its impact on human agency and governance.