Cross-Cultural Reflections on Chinese Aesthetics, Gender, Embodiment and Learning
Title:
Cross-Cultural Reflections on Chinese Aesthetics, Gender, Embodiment and Learning
ISBN:
9789811502101
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Edition:
1st ed. 2020.
Publication Information New:
Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Physical Description:
XIX, 178 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.
Series:
Chinese Contemporary Art Series,
Contents:
Spiritual Rituals of Chinese Ink Painting: The Suggestions of Shih Tao -- Ideas of the Body in Zhu Guangqin's Aesthetics -- The Origin of "Aesthetic Experience" as the Key of Comparative Aesthetics: The Case of Confucian Aesthetics and the Recent Suggestion of Its Reference to Western Feminist Aesthetics" -- Contemporary Feminist Aesthetics in China -- The Revelations of Ban Zhao's Lessons for Women -- The Relation of 'Self' and "Others" in the Confucian Traditions and Its Implications to Global Feminisms and Public Philosophies -- A Further Reflection on Some Feminist Perspectives in Epistemology -- Judith Butler's Reading of the Sartrian Bodies and the Cartesian Ghosts -- Beyond Ontology? Reflections on Robert Solomon's Ideation of Emotion and Mencius' Moral Cultivation of 'Embodied Emotion -- A Cross-Cultural Reflection on Shusterman's Suggestion of the "Transactional" Body -- Chinese Bodies in Philosophy, Aesthetics, Gender and Politics: Methodologies and Practices -- Is Confucianism a Religion? Investigation into the Religious Aspects of Confucianism -- A Historical Review and Reflection on the Confucian "Great Learning" and its Contemporary Implications for Higher Education -- Lao Sze-Kwang's Discourse on Chinese Philosophy and Contemporary Popular Confucianism in China -- What Does Comparative Philosophy Mean to a Female Chinese Scholar Like Me.
Abstract:
This book gathers research and writings that reflect on traditional and current global issues related to art and aesthetics, gender perspectives, body theories, knowledge and learning. It illustrates these core dimensions, which are bringing together philosophy, tradition and cultural studies and laying the groundwork for comparative research and dialogues between aesthetics, Chinese philosophies, Western feminist studies and cross-cultural thought. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, the book also integrates philosophical enquiries with cultural anthropology and contextual studies. As implied in the title, the main methodologies are cross-cultural and comparative studies, which touch on performances in art and aesthetics, social existence and education, and show that philosophical enquiries, aesthetical representation and gender politics are simultaneously historical, living and contextual. The book gathers a wealth of cross-cultural reflections on philosophical aesthetics, gender existence and cultural traditions. The critical thinking within will benefit undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in the area of comparative philosophies. It blends academic rigor with personal reflection, which is a critical practice in feminist philosophy itself.
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Language:
English