AMC showed The Horror Of Frankenstein (1970) the other day. It was a terrible movie by most measures, but also rather charming because of its political conscience and occasionally witty dialogue. Hippy influence is strong in this film as we see by Victor’s severed arm experiment at college that flashes a peace sign.
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On May 12, 2005, Richard J. Samuels, noted Japan scholar from MIT, came to PSU for a lecture presented by PSU’s Center for Japanese Studies on Japan’s security policy.
Dr. Samuels was an excellent lecturer with a welcome sense of humor. Unfortunately for me, there was little new material presented. These general lectures don’t […]
The National Diet Library offers two interesting databases:
The Digital Library from the Meiji Era, available in Japanese only. This database offers images of books published in the Meiji era and held by the NDL. As of July 2004, 54,349 volumes, almost all whose copyrights are confirmed to have expired, excluding children’s books and […]
On Bullshit
By Harry G. Frankfurt
Princeton University Press, 2005, 80 pages
The buzz surrounding this book is just a little over the top. It seems like everyone is talking about the book, and it has even been featured on 60 Minutes and The Daily Show. I also saw it discussed in a Financial Times column. […]
Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods : The Politics of a Pilgrimage Site in Japan, 1573-1912
By Sarah Thal
University of Chicago Press, 2005, 344 pages
Thal’s book is a study of the Kotohira Shrine in Shikoku, which was also known as the Konpira Temple before the Meiji Restoration. She seeks to explain how it and the […]