Translation of: Pokemon no shinwagaku. "Originally published in Japanese under the title Poketto no naka no yasei by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers in 1997, and republished in pocket paperback by Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd. in 2004 and in another pocket paperback format under the new title Pokemon no shinwa gaku: Shinpan poketto no naka no yasei by Kadokawa Corporation in 2016."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The Space Invaders revolution -- The birth of monsters -- Eros, Thanatos, and RPGs -- The triumphs of Pokémon -- Totemism today -- The Gift and the world of gaming.
Summary:
From its humble beginnings as a video game launched in the mid-90s, Pokémon has become a global entertainment franchise, even reaching into the world via "augmented reality" with the mobile game Pokémon GO. In the work, Nakazawa Shinichi argues that the Pokémon worldview is the best contemporary example of Claude Lévi-Strauss's "savage mind" (la pensée sauvage), suggesting that computer games can often be viewed as attempts to reconnect the human unconscious with the true, hidden essence of nature. -- Publisher
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