Japanese Marxist A Portrait of Kawakami Hajime, 1879-1946

Kawakami Hajime was heir of a samurai family, a professor at one of Japan's leading universities, a popularizer of Marxism in Japan, a Japanese Communist on his own unique terms, and, finally, the author of an autobiography that is a classic of modern Japanese literature. Bernstein provides an intimate portrait of Kawakami's complex personality.