Critique of Disciplines and Discourse of the “Fall”

The 1990s ushered in the active critique of disciplines in the humanities including history, anthropology and literature. At the same time the discourse of the Fall occurring in various genres was presented by scholars such as Francis Fukuyama and Karatani Kojin. These two phenomena have been deeply...

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Main Author: Hideto TSUBOI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Global Institute for Japanese Studies, Korea University 2017-12-01
Series:Gwagyeong Ilboneo Munhak Yeongu
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Online Access:https://www.bcjjl.org/upload/pdf/bcjjlls-5-1-75.pdf
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Summary:The 1990s ushered in the active critique of disciplines in the humanities including history, anthropology and literature. At the same time the discourse of the Fall occurring in various genres was presented by scholars such as Francis Fukuyama and Karatani Kojin. These two phenomena have been deeply and curiously connected in complementarity in the last decade based on globalization and the discourse of the Dead in a post-Fukushima world.
ISSN:2383-5222
2635-4829