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OverviewThe present volume endeavors to make a contribution to contemporary Whitehead studies by clarifying his axiological process metaphysics, including his theory of values, concept of aesthetic experience, and doctrine of beauty, along with his philosophy of art, literature and poetry. Moreover, it establishes an east-west dialogue focusing on how Alfred North Whitehead's process aesthetics can be clarified by the traditional Japanese Buddhist sense of evanescent beauty. As this east-west dialogue unfolds it is shown that there are many striking points of convergence between Whitehead's process aesthetics and the traditional Japanese sense of beauty. However, the work especially focuses on two of Whitehead's aesthetic categories, including the penumbral beauty of darkness and the tragic beauty of perishability, while further demonstrating parallels with the two Japanese aesthetic categories of yugen and aware. It is clarified how both Whitehead and the Japanese tradition have articulated a poetics of evanescence that celebrates the transience of aesthetic experience and the ephemerality of beauty. Finally it is argued that both Whitehead and Japanese tradition develop an aesthetics of beauty as perishability culminating in a religio-aesthetic vision of tragic beauty and its reconciliation in the supreme ecstasy of peace or nirvana. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steve Odin, University of HawaiiPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.699kg ISBN: 9781498514774ISBN 10: 1498514774 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 19 May 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsTragic Beauty in Whitehead and Japanese Aesthetics embodies the best in comparative philosophy. Both Whitehead and various Japanese thinkers (Dogen, Nishida, etc.) are mutually illuminated in this clear and insightful study. Further, readers who are interested in the crucial issue of tragic beauty will be edified by the author's treatment of this topic even if they are not experts in Whitehead or Japanese thought. Highly recommended! -- Daniel A. Dombrowski, professor of philosophy, Seattle University Tragic Beauty in Whitehead and Japanese Aesthetics embodies the best in comparative philosophy. Both Whitehead and various Japanese thinkers (Dogen, Nishida, etc.) are mutually illuminated in this clear and insightful study. Further, readers who are interested in the crucial issue of tragic beauty will be edified by the author's treatment of this topic even if they are not experts in Whitehead or Japanese thought. Highly recommended! -- Daniel A. Dombrowski, Seattle University [Tragic Beauty in Whitehead and Japanese Aesthetics] will be intriguing and stimulating not only to those scholars who engage in Whitehead studies but also to those who are concerned with the development of an East-West dialogue on aesthetics and aesthetic education. * Journal of Aesthetic Education * Tragic Beauty in Whitehead and Japanese Aesthetics embodies the best in comparative philosophy. Both Whitehead and various Japanese thinkers (Dogen, Nishida, etc.) are mutually illuminated in this clear and insightful study. Further, readers who are interested in the crucial issue of tragic beauty will be edified by the author's treatment of this topic even if they are not experts in Whitehead or Japanese thought. Highly recommended! -- Daniel A. Dombrowski, professor of philosophy, Seattle University Author InformationSteve Odin teaches Japanese and East-West comparative philosophy at the University of Hawaii, where he has taught for more than thirty years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |