The Art of Living

Aesthetics of the Ordinary in World Spiritual Traditions

Crispin Sartwell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

177 Seiten

1995
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-2359-2 (ISBN)

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This is a multicultural philosophy of art applied to common American and European experience and discussed in relation to Taoist, Buddhist, Hindu, Native American, and African traditions.

The Art of Living: Aesthetics of the Ordinary in World Spiritual Traditions is the first truly multi-cultural philosophy of art. It develops a new theory of what art is, and discusses it in relation to Zen Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism, as well as Native American, African, and African-American traditions.

Crispin Sartwell is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One: Opening the Concept of Art

1. Process and Product

2. Zen and the The Art of Living

3. Art and War: Paradox of the Bhagavad-Gita

Part Two: Aesthetic Reintegration

4. The Future of Art

5. Art and Tradition in American Popular Music

6. The Art of Knowing

7. The Tao of Technology

Concluding Remarks

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.1995
Zusatzinfo	Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	0-7914-2359-X / 079142359X
ISBN-13	978-0-7914-2359-2 / 9780791423592
Zustand	Neuware