| #780111 in Books | Duke University Press Books | 2010-04-07 | 2010-04-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.95 x6.13l,1.13 | File type: PDF | 384 pages | ||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A Genius' Master Piece|By GC|Masao Miyoshi's ideas are always beyond his time by at least a couple of decades. A personal friend and contemporary of such figures as Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, Frederic Jameson, and David Harvey, Masao's ideas are no less powerful than these intellectuals. Masao Miyoshi has a cogent grasp of the major issues of the time and he spares no one for||
“The great range and scope of the texts compiled in this anthology and the clarity and urgency of voice and vision which characterizes Miyoshi's critique will indubitably bring his ideas and concerns to a wider audience.” - Balthazar Becker, <
Trespasses presents key writings of the Tokyo-born literary scholar Masao Miyoshi, one of the most important postwar intellectuals to link culture with politics and a remarkable critical voice within the academy. For more than four decades, Miyoshi worked outside the mainstream, trespassing into new fields, making previously unseen connections, and upending naive assumptions. With an impeccable sense of when a topic or discussion had lost its critical momentu...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Trespasses: Selected Writings (Post-Contemporary Interventions) | Masao Miyoshi. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.