Evanescence and Form An Introduction to Japanese Culture
Description
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.
Keywords
PhilosophyReligiousSocial ScienceAnthropologyCultural & SocialSociologyEasternReligion
2008Book
Author(s)Charles Inouye
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781403967053
LanguageEnglish
