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The Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute) by Alan Tansman is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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In this wide-ranging study of Japanese cultural expression, Alan Tansman reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility—present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings—helped create an "aesthetic of fascism" in the years leading up to World War II. Evoking beautiful moments of violence, both real and imagined, these works did not lead to fascism in any instrumental sense. Yet, Tansman suggests, they expressed and inspired spiritual longings quench
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- Author
- Alan Tansman
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520943490
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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