This lecture concerns how philosophy in Japan, before World War II, abandoned its traditional indifference toward the contemporary world to assume a new vocation that would seek to address the question of the present and the historical crisis it posed. … Read more

“Over the last decade we have witnessed the rise of the term ‘contents’ (kontentsu) and its most frequent iteration, ‘contents business’, in Japanese news media, governmental white papers, business manuals, and books on the entertainment industry. Sometimes referring to simply … Read more

Gennifer Weisenfeld, Associate Professor of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke, joined Ackland curator Peter Nisbet and show host Frank Stasio for the December 11, 2012 broadcast of “The State of Things” to discuss the Ackland Art Museum’s current … Read more