New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics
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New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics

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New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics

About this book

This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Stephen Addiss and a comprehensive introduction that surveys the history of Japanese aesthetics and the ways in which it is similar to and different from Western aesthetics, this groundbreaking work brings together a large variety of disciplinary perspectives—including philosophy, literature, and cultural politics—to shed light on the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Japan and the central themes in Japanese art and aesthetics. Contributors explore topics from the philosophical groundings for Japanese aesthetics and the Japanese aesthetics of imperfection and insufficiency to the Japanese love of and respect for nature and the paradoxical ability of Japanese art and culture to absorb enormous amounts of foreign influence and yet maintain its own unique identity. New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics will appeal not only to a wide range of humanities scholars but also to graduate and undergraduate students of Japanese aesthetics, art, philosophy, literature, culture, and civilization. Masterfully articulating the contributors' Japanese-aesthetical concerns and their application to Japanese arts (including literature, theater, film, drawing, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, crafts, music, fashion, comics, cooking, packaging, gardening, landscape architecture, flower arrangement, the martial arts, and the tea ceremony), these engaging and penetrating essays will also appealto nonacademic professionals and general audiences. This seminal work will be essential reading for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Japanese aesthetics.

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Yes, you can access New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics by A. Minh Nguyen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Japanese History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9780739180822
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics
  3. Half-Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Foreword
  10. Preface
  11. Nature
  12. Introduction
  13. Part I Japanese Aesthetics and Philosophy
  14. Part II Japanese Aesthetics and Culture
  15. Part III Japanese Aesthetics and Cultural Politics
  16. Part IV Japanese Aesthetics and Literature
  17. Part V Japanese Aesthetics and the Visual Arts
  18. Part VI The Legacy of Kuki ShĆ«zƍ
  19. Selected Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Contributors
  22. About the Editor