Evanescence and Form : An Introduction to Japanese Culture
Charles Shiro. Inouye
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
| Medvirkende | Inouye, Charles Shiråo. (Author)
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| Utgitt | New York : : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (277 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Historical Periods; Part One: The Order of Here-and-Now: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Japan (to 1868); Part Two: Change under the Transcendental Order: Late Modern Japan (1868-1970); Part Three: Return to Evanescence: Contemporary Japan (1970 to the Present); Glossary of Important Terms; Notes; Works Cited; Index. - 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.
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| Dewey | 952 Ino . - 303.3720952
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| ISBN | 1403967059. - 1403967067. - 9781403967053. - 9781403967060
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