Four Essays on Aesthetics

Toward a Global Perspective

Zehou Li, Jane Cauvel (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

220 Seiten

2006
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1321-9 (ISBN)

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A classic in Chinese Philosophy of Aesthetics for the last twenty years, Li Zehou's Four Essays on Aesthetics (Meixue-sijiang) is finally translated in English to bring philosophical insight to Western readers. Li's seminal work focuses on the widely debated philosophies in China concerning the origins, manifestations, importance, and transformative power of beauty, art, and aesthetic experiences. Drawing upon the influences of both Eastern and Western philosophers and writers, Li discusses the origination of the practices of beauty and aesthetics, and the origins of art credited to Shamanistic rituals, while rejecting the concepts of Western aesthetics and embracing the traditional Chinese purpose for art: to mold human minds. He stresses the importance of the involvement of aesthetic philosophers to advocate technology and aspects of society that will contribute to the harmony among individuals, environments, and social relationships.

Jane Cauvel is professor emerita at The Colorado College. Li Zehou is widely regarded as ChinaOs leading scholar of traditional and modern intellectual history and philosophy. Placed under house arrest for three years in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Massacre, he was granted permanent resident status in the United States in 1991.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.7.2006
Sprache	englisch
Maße	182 x 227 mm
Gewicht	327 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
ISBN-10	0-7391-1321-6 / 0739113216
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-1321-9 / 9780739113219
Zustand	Neuware