1st Edition
The Zen Arts An Anthropological Study of the Culture of Aesthetic Form in Japan
By Rupert Cox
Copyright 2003
300 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. This book... Read more
Introduction - Japan, the Zen Arts and Myself 1. Orientalism - An Idea and an Ideal of Japan 2. A World Apart - Ascetic Reclusion and Aesthetic Enchantment in the History of the Zen Arts 3. The Word and the body in Practice - Aesthetics as Form and as Experience 4. Mimesis and Visuality - The Imitation and Imagination of Aesthetic Value 5. Structuring Relations - The Power of Person and Place 6. Distinguishing Persons - The Code of and for Becoming a Practitioner 7. Culture as Aesthetic Value - Ideological Dispositions and Commercial Affiliations in the Zen Arts 8. Cracking Culture - Authenticity is a Cultural Choice
Biography
Rupert A. Cox is a member of the Department of Anthroplogy and the European Japan Research Centre, Oxford Brookes University.
