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Autore |
Cox Rupert A. |
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Titolo |
The zen arts : an anthropological study of the culture of aesthetic form in Japan / / Rupert A. Cox |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon : , : Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-85551-3 |
1-315-02891-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Collana |
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Royal Asiatic Society books |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Zen arts - Japan |
Aesthetics, Japanese |
Electronic books. |
Japan Civilization Zen influences |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; List of Plates ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Orientalism ; 2. A World Apart ; 3. The Word and the Body in Practice ; 4. Mimesis and Visuality ; 5. Structuring Relations ; 6. Distinguishing Persons ; 7. Culture as Aesthetic Value ; 8. Cracking Culture ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The tea ceremony and the martial arts are intimately linked in the popular and historical imagination with Zen Buddhism, and Japanese culture. They are commonly interpreted as religio-aesthetic pursuits which express core spiritual values through bodily gesture and the creation of highly valued objects. Ideally, the experience of practising the Zen arts culminates in enlightenment.<BR>This book challenges that long-held view and proposes that the Zen arts should be understood as part of a literary and visual history of representing Japanese culture through the arts. Cox argues that these texts |
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