Nation and aesthetics : on Kant and Freud / Kojin Karatani ; translated by Jonathan E. Abel, Darwin H. Tsen, and Hiroki Yoshikuni.
| Author/creator | Karatani, Kōjin, 1941- author. |
| Other author | Abel, Jonathan E., 1971- translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Oxford University Press, [2017] |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | xlii, 162 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Global Asias Global Asias. ^A1343600 |
| Contents | Empire and nation: an introduction -- Transcritique on Kant and Freud -- History as museum: Okakura Kakuzō and Ernest Fenollosa -- The utility of aesthetics: after Orientalism -- Nation-state and linguistics -- Geopolitics of the character: Japan-psycho-analysis -- Afterword to the Japanese edition. |
| Abstract | Nation and Aesthetics shows curious connections between nationalism and aesthetics through examining various fields such as art, language, and religion. This connection is not accidental, but inherent. Nation connects capitalism and the state, thus creating the problematic modern social formation of capital-nation-state. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 0190622970 |
| ISBN | 9780190622978 |