UID:
almafu_9959236132502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (297 p.)
ISBN:
1-136-85558-0
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1-136-85551-3
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1-315-02891-3
Serie:
Royal Asiatic Society books
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-40602-1
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-7007-1475-8
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9781315028910
