Trespasses: Selected Writings

摘要: Trespasses presents key writings of the Tokyo-born literary scholar Masao Miyoshi, one most important postwar intellectuals to link culture with politics and a remarkable critical voice within academy. For more than four decades, Miyoshi worked outside mainstream, trespassing into new fields, making previously unseen connections, upending naive assumptions. With an impeccable sense when topic or discussion had lost its momentum, he moved on next question, then after that, taking matters form, cross-cultural relations, globalization, art architecture, corporatization university, threat ecological disaster. reveals tremendous range Miyoshi's thought interests, shows how his thinking transformed over time, highlights recurring concerns. This volume brings together eleven selections published writing, major essay, introduction life work, interview in which reflects trajectory institutional history modern Japan studies. In "Literary Elaborations," provides masterful overview nature contemporary closing call for global environmental protection studies that would radically reconfigure academic disciplines merge hard sciences humanities social sciences. other, chronologically arranged selections, addresses cross-culture relations between United States, English Japan, U.S., as well organization urban space integrity architecture aggressively marketed-oriented environments. is invaluable work fearless cultural critic.