I haven't understood the majority of this book. This is high philosophy for me but I'm glad I challenged myself with it. In order to understand what the author is talking about one needs to have a rich background not only in philosophy but also in the cultural and societal happenings during the mid 20th century to 80s. There are footnotes written by both author and translator but still there are multiple references without notes like it's implied you know what he's talking about. There are even whole chapters about specific books or movies but the author just goes in without explaining what is the work about. The whole book is like the author's stream of consciousness, very meandering and unpolished, which I don't like in nonfiction books. However, I don't read much philosophy so maybe they are all like that.
Will return to this someday with hopefully more background.