Alistair Swale: 2 books
The Political Thought of Mori Arinori
A Study of Meiji Conservatism
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
This new study of the Meiji Government's controversial Education Minister and thinker, Mori Arinori, seeks to complement Ivan P. Hall's excellent earlier biography (1973) by providing an alternative interpretation of the man and his mission, namely that he is 'overwhelmingly closer to the social evolutionist's...
Anime Aesthetics
Japanese Animation and the 'Post-Cinematic' Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2015
Japanese animation has been given fulsome academic commentary in recent years. However, there is arguably a need for a more philosophically consistent and theoretically integrated engagement. While this book covers the key thinkers of contemporary aesthetic theory, it aims to reground reflection on anime within the aesthetics of R.G. Collingwood.