The February 1985 issue of Gendai Shiso, with the special feature "A Recommendation for Natural History." - Title: Gendai Shiso February 1985 - Special Feature: Special Feature: A Recommendation for Natural History - Volume: vol.13-2 Includes "The Politics of Natural History - On the English word 'savage'," and other essays exploring the historical and philosophical significance of collecting, classifying, and preserving.  Includes "The Science of Dead Things - Focusing on John Soane's 'The House as a Museum'," and discussions that re-examine the meaning of "things" from the perspectives of collecting, exhibiting, and appreciating.  A series of essays by multiple authors on natural history and collecting culture from ancient to modern times, examining how the activities of "seeing/collecting/classifying things" have been involved in human worldviews, culture, and the structure of knowledge.  In addition, the included essays cover a wide range of topics such as history, culture, thought, social criticism, art theory, and classification theory. While using "natural history" as an entry point, this issue transversally questions the relationship between material culture and human intellect, sensibility, and society. As a back issue that is difficult to obtain again for a magazine of this kind, it is a valuable volume for those interested in the study of thought, culture, and history, as well as collectors. #NaturalHistory #GendaiShiso #RecommendationForNaturalHistory #Seidosha #ThoughtMagazine #BackNumber #UsedBooks #UsedBooks #CulturalTheory #HistoricalThought #CollectingCulture #NaturalHistory #JourneyOfKnowledge #ConnectWithMagazineLovers #ConnectWithBookLovers #RareBook #ForCollectors #ReferenceBook #ThoughtLover #LifeWithBooks