Evanescence and Form : An Introduction to Japanese Culture
by
C. Inouye
Book Details
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 philosophySocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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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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