Cross-cultural reflections on Chinese aesthetics, gender, embodiment and learning / Eva Kit Wah Man.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wen, Jiehua, author.

Series:

Chinese contemporary art series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics, Chinese.

Physical Description:

xix, 178 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature, [2020]

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9811502099

9789811502095

OCLC:

1112139237