Asian Nietzsche: A Book for All Civilizations, Book 1

By Christopher Portosa

In my new book, Asian Nietzsche: A Book for All Civilizations, Book 1, I have attempted to re-create the "philosophical conversation" and - partly by means of humor and surprising references to popular culture, sex, and lingerie - make accessible to contemporary audiences discussions of the comparative study of ideas, religions, nations, and civilizations. This includes an inquiry into the origins of fundamental or revolutionary creativity as compared to the far more common phenomenon across societies and world history, namely, relative cultural stasis or a lack of fundamental creativity and innovation.Contents include: 1: STEVE JOBS & INNOVATION (OR, WHY DOES COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRODUCE A "STEVE JOBS")2: EINSTEIN'S FAVORITE SOCIAL SCIENTIST 3: DO ASIANS LACK A CAPACITY FOR HIGH-LEVEL INNOVATION & CREATIVITY "by force of circumstances beyond their control"?4: "Conversations don't have to be so linear and phallologocentric!": ON THE SURPRISING ORIGINS OF MODERN PORNOGRAPHY IN THE DAYS OF THE SAMURAI5: DID HEINRICH HEINE ORDER CHINESE? 6: WHO IS SHINTARO ISHIHARA? 7: WHY DID THE SHOGUN'S "SHUNGA" DEPICT WOMEN AS ENJOYING SEX AS MUCH AS MEN? 8: "Do you really take all of this cultural stuff seriously? Isn't it the age of genes, bio-engineering, and the double-helix?!"9: EINSTEIN'S FAVORITE "REBELLIOUS JEW", OR WHY WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN "REBEL JEW" - A METAPHYSICAN, THEOLOGIAN & PHILOSOPHER - EXCOMMUNICATED AS AN ATHEIST?10: ASPECTS & ORIGINS OF A "SKEPTICAL ANIMUS"11: WHY WEREN'T JEWS A TRIBE OF LITERATE, "UNCREATIVE ANTS" LIKE THE JAPANESE?12: A TRIBE OF PRODUCTIVE ANTS OR NOT? 13: ON THE SOURCES OF CREATIVITY: CULTURAL DIFFUSION, GLOBALIZATION, & ORIENTALISM14: NO MONETS IN MONET'S HOUSE! 15: "JAZZ IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD" & JAZZ IN THE AGE OF THE "GREAT GATSBY"16: WHY IS JELLY ROLL MORTON'S RED HOT PEPPERS MORE CULTURALLY WESTERN AND EUROPEAN THAN ANY ALBUM OF THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - OR ROCK, COUNTRY, OR BLUE-GRASS? 17: A KIND OF YIN & YANG18: WHO ARE THE ROMAN-HA? 19: A WO-MA-N WITH NO NAME, AND A WO-MA-N WITH NO NAME 20: WHEN JAPAN ALMOST BECAME CHRISTIAN, OR, WHY THE MADONNA & LADY GAGA OF THE 1600s WORE CHRISTIAN CROSSES21: WANG YANG MING & THE UNITY OF THOUGHT AND ACTION Author's Notes: In my new book Asian Nietzsche: A Book for All Civilizations (Part I), "jazz is more important or more culturally significant than blues," but it also demonstrates that "blues is more important than jazz or as important as jazz." This is because writing is work, writing is labor. This is my view and, obviously, the view of people around the world. It is also because of the high-level of the book in my view, and potentially, readers in the US and around the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492912727
• ISBN13: 9781492912729
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"