New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics (eBook)

A. Minh Nguyen (Herausgeber)

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2017
520 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8082-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This collection begins with an engaging historical overview of Japanese aesthetics and offers contemporary multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Japan and the central themes in Japanese art and aesthetics.

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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 perspectivesincluding philosophy, literature, and cultural politicsto 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.

Autor

A. Minh Nguyen is professor of philosophy and Asian studies at Eastern Kentucky University.

Inhalt

ForewordStephen AddissPrefaceA. Minh NguyenIntroduction: Historical Overview of Japanese AestheticsYuriko SaitoIntroduction: New Contributions to Japanese AestheticsA. Minh NguyenI: Japanese Aesthetics and Philosophy1 A Philosophic Grounding for Japanese AestheticsRobert E. Carter2 Cloud, Mist, Shadow, Shakuhachi: The Aesthetics of the IndistinctDavid E. Cooper3 Authority in TasteRichard Bullen4 Beauty as Ecstasy in the Aesthetics of Nishida and SchopenhauerSteve Odin5 Bodily Aesthetics and the Cultivation of Moral VirtuesYuriko SaitoII: Japanese Aesthetics and Culture6 Beyond Zeami: Innovating Mise en Scѐne in Contemporary Nō Theatre PerformanceC. Michael Rich7 The Appreciative Paradox of Japanese GardensAllen Carlson8 Savoring Tastes: Appreciating Food in JapanGraham Parkes9 Art of War, Art of Self: Aesthetic Cultivation in Japanese Martial ArtsJames McRaeIII: Japanese Aesthetics and Cultural Politics10 Ainu Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art: Replication, Remembering, RecoveryKoji Yamasaki and Mara Miller11 The Idea of Greece in Modern Japan’s Cultural DreamsHiroshi Nara12 Yashiro Yukio and the Aesthetics of Japanese Art HistoryJ. Thomas Rimer13 Aestheticizing Sacrifice: Ritual, Education, and Media during the Asia-Pacific WarAkiko Takenaka14 Nagai Kafū and the Aesthetics of Urban StrollingTimothy Unverzagt Goddard15 Cool-Kawaii Aesthetics and New World ModernityThorsten Botz-BornsteinIV: Japanese Aesthetics and Literature16 Bashō and the Art of Eternal NowMichiko Yusa17 Knowing Elegance: The Ideals of the Bunjin (Literatus) in Early Modern HaikaiCheryl Crowley18 The Measure of Comparison: Correspondence and Collision in Japanese AestheticsMeera Viswanathan19 On Kawabata, Kishida, and Barefoot Gen: Agency, Identity, and Aesthetic Experience in Post-Atomic Japanese NarrativeMara Miller20 Japanese Poetry and the Aesthetics of DisasterRoy StarrsV: Japanese Aesthetics and the Visual Arts21 Inner Beauty: Kishida Ryūsei’s Concept of Realism and Pre-Modern Asian AestheticsMikiko Hirayama22 The Pan Real Art Association’s Revolt against “the Beauties of Nature”Matthew Larking23 The Aesthetics of Emptiness in Japanese Calligraphy and Abstract ExpressionismJohn C. Maraldo24 On Not Disturbing Still Water: Ozu Yasujirō and the Technical-Aesthetic ProductJason M. WirthVI: The Legacy of Kuki Shūzō25 Finding Iki: Iki and the Floating WorldDavid Bell26 Iki and Glamour as Aesthetic Properties of Persons: Reflections in a Cross-Cultural MirrorCarol Steinberg Gould27 Scents and Sensibility: Kuki Shūzō and Olfactory AestheticsPeter LeechContributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.12.2017
• Co-Autor: David Bell, Mikiko Hirayama, Matthew Larking, Peter Leech, John C. Maraldo, James McRae, Mara Miller, Hiroshi Nara, A. Minh Nguyen, Steve Odin, Graham Parkes, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, C. Michael Rich, J. Thomas Rimer, Yuriko Saito, Roy Starrs, University of Kansas Stephen Addiss, Akiko Takenaka, Meera Viswanathan, Jason M. Wirth, Koji Yamasaki, Michiko Yusa, Richard Bullen, Allen Carlson, Robert E. Carter, David E. Cooper, Cheryl Crowley, Timothy Unverzagt Goddard, Carol Steinberg Gould
• Zusatzinfo: 23 Illustrations including: - 23 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Schlagworte: Asian philosophy • Basho • Being • bodily aesthetic • Buddhism • Color • Comparative Philosophy • cultural forms • Daoism • Ego • Enlightenment • Gardens • Japanese Studies • Kawaii • Martial Arts • Moral Philosophy • music • Nature • Nihilism • painting • philosophy of art • Poetry • Renga • Schopenhauer • self • Tanka • Taste • Theater • Zen
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-8082-7 / 0739180827
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8082-2 / 9780739180822