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Tosaka Jun (1900–1945) was one of modern Japan's most unique and important critics of capitalism, the emperor system, imperialism, and everyday life in wartime Japan. This collection of translations contains some of Tosaka's most important essays and original articles on Tosaka.
Tosaka, Jun, --- 20th century japanese philosophers. --- Asia-Pacific Journal. --- East Asian Studies. --- Japanese Studies. --- Japanese intellectual. --- Modern Japanese History. --- Tosaka Jun articles . --- Tosaka Jun essays . --- Tosaka Jun history. --- Tosaka Jun writings. --- Tosaka Jun. --- asian literary criticism . --- asian literary history. --- asian philosophy . --- books for japanese philosophers . --- criticisms of governments. --- international philosophy . --- introduction to philosophy . --- japanese literary criticism . --- japanese literary history . --- japanese literary thoery . --- japanese literature . --- japanese marxists . --- japanese philosophers . --- japanese philosophical thought . --- japanese philosophy. --- japanese political theory . --- kyoto school . --- philosophy in japan . --- Philosophy, Japanese.
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"The Age of Irreverence tells the story of why China's entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. As the Qing dynasty slumped toward extinction, prominent writers compiled jokes into collections they called "histories of laughter." During the first years of the Republic, novelists, essayists and illustrators used humorous allegories to make veiled critiques of the new government. But political and cultural discussion repeatedly erupted into invective, as critics jeered and derided rivals in public. Farceurs drew followings in the popular press, promoting a culture of practical joking and buffoonery. Eventually, these various expressions of hilarity proved so offensive to high-brow writers that they launched a campaign to transform the tone of public discourse, hoping to displace the old forms of mirth with a new one they called youmo (humor). Christopher Rea argues that this era--from the 1890s up to the 1930s--transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Focusing on five cultural expressions of laughter--jokes, play, mockery, farce, and humor--he reveals the textures of comedy that were a part of everyday life during modern China's first "age of irreverence." This new history offers an unprecedented and up-close look at a neglected facet of Chinese cultural modernity, and discusses its legacy in the language and styles of Chinese humor today.--Provided by publisher.
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