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Imperial Genus: The Formation and Limits of the Human in Modern Korea and Japan
Travis Workman
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Paperback. Focuses on how notions of human generality mediated uncertainty between the transcendental and the empirical, the universal and the particular, and empire and colony. This title shows how cosmopolitan cultural principles, the proletarian arts, and Pan-Asian imperial nationalism converged with practices of colonial governmentality. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 319 pages, 5 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press' open access publishing program for monographs. Imperial Genus begins with the turn to world culture and ideas of the generally human in Japan's cultural policy in Korea in 1919. How were concepts of the human's genus-being operative in the discourses of the Japanese empire? How did they inform the imagination and representation of modernity in colonial Korea? Travis Workman delves into these questions through texts in philosophy, literature, and social science. Imperial Genus focuses on how notions of human generality mediated uncertainty between the ... Read more
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press' open access publishing program for monographs. Imperial Genus begins with the turn to world culture and ideas of the generally human in Japan's cultural policy in Korea in 1919. How were concepts of the human's genus-being operative in the discourses of the Japanese empire? How did they inform the imagination and representation of modernity in colonial Korea? Travis Workman delves into these questions through texts in philosophy, literature, and social science. Imperial Genus focuses on how notions of human generality mediated uncertainty between the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
319
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Asia Pacific Modern
Condition
New
Weight
472 g
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520289598
SKU
V9780520289598
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About Travis Workman
Travis Workman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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