Ioan Trifu
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Ioan Trifu
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Political scientist & historian, specialised on Japan (INALCO🇫🇷- FAU🇩🇪- TUFS🇯🇵)
Researching the transformation of the nation-state, writing on heritage politics, thinking about too many things…
フランス人の政治学者。専門は日本政治史、比較政治など。
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everything we see about the 1970s focuses on the flash and glitter of the decade. there isn't much media that centers on the stagflation of the decade and the collapse of the nation's industrial base. (one reason that SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is still worth watching is it is *about* the latter)
December 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Monuments Decolonized by Susan Slyomovics

Winner of the 2025 Ed Bruner Book Award, sponsored by the Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group (ATIG).

www.sup.org/books/middle...
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Everything looks like betrayal of a storied tradition if you have the memory of a fucking gerbil.
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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(I'll also add that he was always pretty bad at producing takes on his favorite country, Japan, so from my perspective there's a lot here that's just escaped containment)
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM