“Rousseau and Cannibalism: Thinking about Modern Fiction” written by Associate Professor Akira Tomita of the Faculty of Education has been published.
“Rousseau and Cannibalism: Thinking about Modern Fiction” written by Associate Professor Akira Tomita of Hirosaki University’s Faculty of Education (Art Education) has been published.
[Comment from Associate Professor Tomita]
We analyzed the formation process of Rousseau’s educational ideas and the history of their reception in Japan. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was an 18th century French philosopher who had a great influence on modern times with his concepts such as “democracy” and “freedom.” An oriental “cannibal” that has been passed down from ancient Greece. Columbus said that there were “one-eyed cannibals” living in the Caribbean. Rousseau described these same people as “savages,” who lacked language and society, and compared them to “children.” This book focuses on two “fictions” that have been created and shaped modernity: the “cannibals” of the Caribbean and Rousseau’s “discovery of the child,” and describes the process of their emergence and establishment, By clarifying the relationship between the two, he attempts to show the true nature of the violence latent in the modern era.
Book information
“Rousseau and Cannibalism: Thinking about Modern Fiction” (Publisher: Republic)
Author: Akira Tomita
List price: 3,200 yen + tax
Release date: 2024.10.8
46 size Height 188mm Width 130mm Thickness 18mm Weight 400g 328 pages Hardcover