Philosophy and Beauty: 5th Annual Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy

by Jan Gerrit Strala

Given the widespread loss of faith in authentic beauty that Japanese philosophy offers unique perspectives that can push past the impasse. In Japanese philosophy, there has rarely been the clear distinction between art and crafts that has pervaded Western philosophy and has, perhaps, led to arbitrary delineations of what constitutes art and what does not. Furthermore, Japanese art has often been seen as a process, not a product. Again, a perspective that offers fresh revaluing of the realms of art and beauty. Finally, Japanese philosophy has often embraced semiologies whereby art expresses the conceptual rather than the real. For all of these reasons, Japanese philosophy is in a position to contribute to address the trauma that art and beauty have suffered at the hand of postmodern criticism.

138 pages, Paperback

Published June 17, 2019