Une merveille de l’Histoire. Le Japon vu par Elisée Reclus et Léon Metchnikoff. Afrique du Nord on l’a longtemps cru réservé

on l’a longtemps cru réservé à un autre type de subordination

force the artist to take a risk that is each time unprecedented

Steve Pitocco

from Commagene to Mesopotamia

it would have taken something like fifty thousand cups of strong coffee for Balzac to write his Human Comedy

Une merveille de l’Histoire. Le Japon vu par Elisée Reclus et Léon Metchnikoff. Afrique du Nord on l’a longtemps cru réservéIn the mid 19th century, Japan was undergoing intense upheaval. Feudalism was abolished, and a modern nation state was built with the emperor returning to prominence. Was this a monarchical restoration or a revolution? Two anarchist geographers, companions of Bakunin, provide an original answer to this question, especially if we compare it to the vision of other visitors to Japan who, at that time, were essentially diplomats, soldiers, traders,