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UNINA9910957100603321 |
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Autore |
Isaka Maki |
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Titolo |
Secrecy in Japanese Arts: "Secret Transmission" as a Mode of Knowledge / / by M. Morinaga |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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9786611365318 |
9781281365316 |
1281365319 |
9781403981783 |
1403981787 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2005.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 197 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature |
Ethnology - Asia |
Culture |
Arts |
Performing arts |
Theater |
Ethnology |
World Literature |
Asian Culture |
Theatre and Performance Arts |
Regional Cultural Studies |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-192) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Quest for Esotericism; 2 Operation of Esotericism; 3 Transmission, the Creation of Knowledge; 4 Secrecy, Concealing the Revealing; 5 Esotericism and Modernity; 6 Epilogue: Esotericism for Us; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Exploring the Japanese tradition of hidden (or the secret transmission of) knowledge within a closed and often hereditary group, the author investigates how esoteric practices function, how people make meaning |
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