Evanescence and Form : An Introduction to Japanese Culture

Name: Evanescence and Form
Brand: Palgrave USA
SKU: 9781403967060
Price: 8100 KES
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ISBN: 9781403967060

by C. Inouye

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1403967067

ISBN-13 9781403967060

Publisher Palgrave USA

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 19th, 2008

Print length 260 Pages

Weight 438 grams

Dimensions 15.70 x 23.30 x 1.80 cms

Product Classification: Oriental & Indian philosophy Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology East Asian and Indian philosophy

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This book explores the Japanese notion of hakanasa - the evanescence of all things. Responses to this idea have been various and even contradictory: asceticism, fatalism, conformism, hedonism, materialism, and careerism. This book examines the ties between an epistemology of constant change and Japan's formal emphasis on etiquette and visuality.

If we thought that reality were changeable, fragile, and fleeting, would we take life more seriously or less seriously? This book contemplates the notion of hakanasa, the evanescence of all things, as understood by the Japanese. Their lived responses to this idea of impermanence have been various and even contradictory. Asceticism, fatalism, conformism. Hedonism, materialism, careerism. What this array of responses have in common are, first, a grounding in hakanasa, and, second, an emphasis on formality. Evanescence and Etiquette attempts to illuminate for the first time the ties between an epistemology of constant change and Japan''s formal emphasis on etiquette and visuality.

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