Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu were in an ideological struggle. Ieyasu wanted dominion in Japan, while Mitsunari was a loyalist to Toyotomi and wanted to see this… Read more “THE BATTLE OF SEKIGAHARA”
Author: occidentallotus
Interested in World History and Philosophy and driven to uncover Eastern Perspectives and Folklore. By an Amateur Writer.
“DURKHEIM” OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE IN HORROR
The Collective Psyche – Emergence of Monsters in Horror and Durkheim’s framework of Suicide and Social Solidarity.
Behind Trese. Babaylans in Pre Colonial Phillipines were hunted down.
Note: This post is under review The 16th-century Spanish conquest of the Philippines met resistance and revolts by the natives. The revolt may have stemmed from several… Read more “Behind Trese. Babaylans in Pre Colonial Phillipines were hunted down.”
Mabo is not the first to ask for self determination in Australian Indigenous History|| CORRANDERK
The fight for self determination of the Indigenous People’s didn’t start with Mabo, in fact it had happened throughout the acceleration of colonisation in the 19th century.… Read more “Mabo is not the first to ask for self determination in Australian Indigenous History|| CORRANDERK”
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA || NIRVANA AS A STATE OF COMPLETE DEATH
Background History in the Tale of Princess Kaguya and what Nirvana may mean
Book Burning in Andalusia & Ha-Seferad
Hebrew books were burned in 1490, whilst 5,000 Arabic manuscripts were burnt in Granada 1499. During the Spanish Reconquista, many people were expelled out of Granada, due… Read more “Book Burning in Andalusia & Ha-Seferad”
Dear Fiction and Dystopian books and movies, can we move past capitalism/ marxism already????
Literally want to see other economic theories than the one proposed by capitalism or a lose-gain situation. I feel like my mind is deprived of that brain… Read more “Dear Fiction and Dystopian books and movies, can we move past capitalism/ marxism already????”
Questions from a worker who reads. Bertolt Brecht
If you see an object, regard the many hands that make the object into a thing you use or adorn, or house you. See the people behind… Read more “Questions from a worker who reads. Bertolt Brecht”
Summary of DOSTOEVSKY’S NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND PART ONE || Chapter by Chapter Summaries
Note: Under Review Dostoevsky’s works reads like a mess of musings, one that I cannot at a level measure to its scale in my writings. He comes… Read more “Summary of DOSTOEVSKY’S NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND PART ONE || Chapter by Chapter Summaries”
To watch: THE WAY OF THE HOUSEHUSBAND YAKUZA
The life of a retired yakuza, taking on a new role as a househusband, which has its challenges like the life of a yakuza. At first glance,… Read more “To watch: THE WAY OF THE HOUSEHUSBAND YAKUZA”
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