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Striking Beauty – A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts

Autor Barry Allen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 aug 2015
Using the ethics and aesthetics of the Asian martial arts to enrich our knowledge of human behavior, bodily movement, technical knowledge, and artistic creation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780231172721
ISBN-10: 0231172729
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 159 x 236 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press

Notă biografică

Barry Allen is professor of philosophy at McMaster University; has held visiting appointments in Jerusalem, Istanbul, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; and is associate editor at the interdisciplinary journal Common Knowledge. His research concerns aesthetics, technology, the theory of knowledge, and Chinese philosophy. He is the author of Truth in Philosophy; Knowledge and Civilization; Artifice and Design: Art and Technology in Human Experience; and Vanishing into Things: Knowledge in Chinese Tradition.

Cuprins

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Dao of Asian Martial Arts: Themes from Chinese Philosophy
2. From Dualism to the Darwinian Body: Themes from Western Philosophy
3. Power and Grace: Martial Arts Aesthetics
4. What a Body Can Do: Martial Arts Ethics
Epilogue: Martial Arts and Philosophy
Chinese–English Glossary
Notes
Index