Philosophy
This is totally bizarre. I am sure that this arrangement is superficial and watered down but, not able to have the book and read Japanese, I gather it is strictly introductory. Give it a try...it might just work.
Decartes is a haughty princess; Heidegger is a long-haired cultural club leader.
by
Kevin Tang
December 13th, 2013
BuzzFeed
“Me, Tsundere and Heidegger” (2011) is a light novel about European philosophers as anime school girls.
Subtitle: “Because philosophy is important in life.”
Lights novels (or “ranobe”) are a uniquely Japanese YA genre aimed at middle and high schoolers. They are often illustrated by famous anime artists.
They’re often texted chapter-by-chapter to subscribers as “cell phone novels,” too. Seven out of ten best-sellers in Japan in 2007 started as cell phone light novels.
In this book, post-Enlightenment philosophers are girls in modern Japan having an after school discussion.
According to the synopsis, the protagonist is a misogynistic salarymen jealous of his beautiful boss. After dying in an accident, he is reincarnated as a high school girl. She then gets a good lecture by 8 philosopher classmates.
Heidegger, Hume, Descartes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche.
One reader worried about the cute cover and premise, but found it a better read than high school ethics textbooks. Another reader thought the storyline was weak, and felt that having European philosophers as schoolgirls in modern Japan was maybe a little far-fetched.
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Philosophy
European philosophers and Japanese anime?
This is totally bizarre. I am sure that this arrangement is superficial and watered down but, not able to have the book and read Japanese, I gather it is strictly introductory. Give it a try...it might just work.
"Japan Has A Book Of European Philosophers As Anime Girls"
Decartes is a haughty princess; Heidegger is a long-haired cultural club leader.
by
Kevin Tang
December 13th, 2013
BuzzFeed
“Me, Tsundere and Heidegger” (2011) is a light novel about European philosophers as anime school girls.
Subtitle: “Because philosophy is important in life.”
Lights novels (or “ranobe”) are a uniquely Japanese YA genre aimed at middle and high schoolers. They are often illustrated by famous anime artists.
They’re often texted chapter-by-chapter to subscribers as “cell phone novels,” too. Seven out of ten best-sellers in Japan in 2007 started as cell phone light novels.
In this book, post-Enlightenment philosophers are girls in modern Japan having an after school discussion.
According to the synopsis, the protagonist is a misogynistic salarymen jealous of his beautiful boss. After dying in an accident, he is reincarnated as a high school girl. She then gets a good lecture by 8 philosopher classmates.
Heidegger, Hume, Descartes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche.
Kant senpai, the hardass leader, explaining the categorical imperative.
Spinoza is shy, bookish, and somehow a scandalously dressed Lolita.
Berkeley and Hume sharing an intimate moment.
Nietzsche — God Is Dead, But Nothing Has Changed.
One reader worried about the cute cover and premise, but found it a better read than high school ethics textbooks. Another reader thought the storyline was weak, and felt that having European philosophers as schoolgirls in modern Japan was maybe a little far-fetched.
Heidegger and tsundere and I
by
Junji Hotta
ISBN: 4062171112
by
Junji Hotta
ISBN: 4062171112
- What Really Is This Philosophy Stuff?: Lesson 1, A Very, Very, Very Brief History
One of the most important things that you must understand a bit about to understand your philosopher better is the history of philosophy. It is a very long and arduous history, but I have super-condensed it for you, thanks to my own understanding of the...
- "hitler's Philosophers"...book Review
"Although Contemptuous of Theory, Hitler Fancied Himself a Philosopher " by Paula Cerni December 17th, 2013 PopMatters Almost 70 years after his death, arch-villain Adolf Hitler—once described by Theodor Adorno as “a mixture of King Kong and...
- "in 90 Minutes"...introduction To Some Philosophy Greats
Decent introduction to fourteen philosophers by Paul Strathern. Paul Strathern [Wikipedia]... Paul Strathern (born 1940) is a British writer and academic. He was born in London, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, after which he served in the Merchant...
- Babette Babich...philosophy And Technology
“The question of technology is one of the most important questions in all of philosophy because we, as human beings, live with technology and live on its terms. Something like the Internet is so immediate to us … so intimate in our lives, that we...
- Philosophers' World Cup--some Humor
When things become boring [no nasty mail; no severe weather] one can always turn to the British for a chuckle and such it is with Monty Python. Monty Python Philosophers' World Cup The players: Germans: Beckenbauer Hegel Heidegger Leibniz Jaspers...