Evanescence and Form: An Introduction to Japanese Culture
Book Details
Author(s)
C. Inouye
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN / ASIN
1403967067
ISBN-13
9781403967060
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#1,425,509
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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.
