Evanescence and Form : An Introduction to Japanese Culture /

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 Japa...

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Main Author:	Inouye, Charles Shirō (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:	Philosophy. Anthropology. Asian Culture. Cultural Anthropology. Non-Western Philosophy. Philosophy of Religion. Sociology, general. Ethnology > Asia. Ethnology. Philosophy, Asian. Religion > Philosophy. Sociology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book