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The Social Self in Zen and American Pragmatism

By: Steve Odin

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The Social Self in Zen and American Pragmatism

By: Steve Odin

The thesis of this work is that in both modern Japanese philosophy and American pragmatism there has been a paradigm shift from a monological concept of self as an isolated "I" to a dialogical concept of the social self as an "I-Thou relation," including a communication model of self as individual-society interaction. It is also shown for both traditions all aesthetic, moral, and religious values are a function of the social self arising through communicative interaction between the individual and society. However, at the same time this work critically examines major ideological conflicts arising between the social self theories of modern Japanese philosophy and American pragmatism with respect to such problems as individualism versus collectivism, freedom versus determinism, liberalism versus communitarianism, and relativism versus objectivism.

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SUNY Press

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079142491X

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9780791424919

Pieces of Eight

By: Steve Goble

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Pieces of Eight

By: Steve Goble

1723—Spider John is almost home, free of the horrors of the pirate life, free of the violence, free of the death. The wife and baby he left behind almost a decade ago are almost within reach. But then a murder aboard Minuet uncovers a deeper conspiracy, and soon Spider and his friends—curmudgeonly Odin, swashbuckling young Hob and alluring Ruth Copper— find themselves in the midst of flintlock smoke and bloodshed. The violence follows Spider ashore to Nantucket, where the loving reception he’d dreamed of turns out to be something utterly unexpected. Soon, Spider is running for his life and confronting cutthroats and thieves — while hiding from islanders who think he left a man dead on a widow’s front step. The solution? Find the killer. The consequences? Those could change Spider John’s life forever.

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Simon and Schuster

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1645060373

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9781645060376

A Bottle of Rum

By: Steve Goble

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A Bottle of Rum

By: Steve Goble

August, 1723 -- Spider John Rush believes he has escaped piracy forever. Enjoying rum and chess in a dark Lymington tavern, he dreams of finding passage to Nantucket to reunite with his beloved Em and to finally get to know the son he remembers only as a babe in arms, though the lad must be dreaming of going to sea himself by now. But when a lazy taverner is stabbed to death, one glance at the victim tells Spider the pirate life has followed him ashore and he cannot possibly ignore this bloody crime. The wise maneuver would be to run before authorities arrive, but Spider is denied that choice because he’s already deeply, connected to the crime—he fashioned the murder weapon with his own hands. The knife was a gift to a young man, one who ran off with the notorious Anne Bonny before Spider could drag him into a respectable life. Soon, Spider John and his ancient shipmate Odin are dodging accusations and battling smugglers on a trail that leads to a madhouse where patients are dying one by one. Spider finds himself tangling with a horribly maimed former shipmate, vengeful pirates, a gun-wielding brunette, a death-obsessed young woman, a sneaky farmhand and a philosopher engaged in frightening experiments. But death seems to be winning at Pryor Pond, and the next life lost may be the one Spider desperately wants to save. Spider must brave sharp steel, musket balls, gunpowder bombs, dangerous women and gruesome surgery if he is to find his foolish young friend alive and try once again to put piracy in their past.

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Simon and Schuster

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1645060098

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9781645060093

The Devil's Wind

A Spider John Mystery

By: Steve Goble

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The Devil's Wind

A Spider John Mystery

By: Steve Goble

A historical mystery that blends nautical adventure in pirate waters with a locked-room murder mystery, featuring a pirate sleuth whose wits are as sharp as his blade. 1723--Spider John, longing to escape the pirate life he never wanted, has an honest seafaring job at last, aboard a sailing vessel, and is returning to his beloved Em and their child. But when Captain Brentwood is murdered in his cabin, Spider's plans are tossed overboard. Who killed Redemption's captain? The mysterious pirate with a sadistic past? The beautiful redhead who hides guns beneath her skirt? One of the men pining for the captain's daughter? There are plenty of suspects. But how could anyone kill the captain in his locked quarters while the entire crew was gathered together on the deck? Before he can solve the puzzle, Spider John and his ex-pirate friends Hob and Odin will have to cope with violence, schemes, nosy Royal Navy officers, and a deadly trap set by the ruthless pirate Ned Low.

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Simon and Schuster

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1633884856

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9781633884854

Marvel Masterworks

The Mighty Thor Vol. 15

By: Len Wein,David Anthony Kraft,Steve Englehart

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Marvel Masterworks

The Mighty Thor Vol. 15

By: Len Wein,David Anthony Kraft,Steve Englehart

Writer Len Wein lifts Mjolnir aloft and rallies forth the armies of Asgard! When the Time-Twisters seek to destroy Earth, Thor embarks on an adventure with Zarrko the Tomorrow Man. It's a battle through time (with dinosaurs!) that will impress you to the end! Then, Thor fights the Firelord in the jungles of Latin America...and only Jane Foster can save him! The Warriors Three ramble off on a solo adventure, while Thor returns to Asgard to face the one and only Mangog! COLLECTING: THOR (1966) #242-254, ANNUAL (1966) #5, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (1971) #30 AND MATERIAL FROM MARVEL TREASURY EDITION (1974) #10.

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302485393

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9781302485399

The Christmas Pocket Bible

By: Guy Hobbs,Steve Hobbs

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The Christmas Pocket Bible

By: Guy Hobbs,Steve Hobbs

Christmas is a special time to spend with friends and loved ones. Yet all too often the pressure to have a wonderful time outweighs the fun. The Christmas Pocket Bible helps you take control of your festive activities as you plan your best Christmas ever. This handy book is crammed with answers to everything that matters for this festive period, the stories behind Christmas traditions and fascinating Christmas trivia, including: Tips for a thrifty Christmas Preparing and cooking fabulous Christmas feast The best wines for Christmas lunch Everything you ever wanted to know about mistletoe Creative, inexpensive ways to decorate your home The words to popular carols The tradition of Boxing Day New Year's Day traditions & Auld Lang Syne This beautiful hardback edition has both dust-cover and gold embossing on the spine making it the perfect gift. Every Pocket Bible is lovingly crafted to give you a unique mix of useful references, handy tips and fascinating trivia that will enlighten and entertain you at every page. There is a Pocket Bible for everyone... Other titles in the series: The Baking Pocket Bible, The Dad's Pocket Bible, The Rugby Pocket Bible, The Railway Pocket Bible and The Gardener's Pocket Bible.

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Crimson

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1907087494

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9781907087493

The Bloody Black Flag

A Spider John Mystery

By: Steve Goble

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The Bloody Black Flag

A Spider John Mystery

By: Steve Goble

Agatha Christie meets Patrick O'Brian in the first book in a new series of swashbuckling historical mysteries featuring Spider John Rush, a most reluctant pirate. 1722--aboard a pirate ship off the American Colonial Coast. Spider John Rush never wanted to be a pirate, but it had happened and he'd learned to survive in the world of cut and thrust, fight or die. He and his friend Ezra knew that death could come at any moment, from grapeshot or storm winds or the end of a noose. But when Ezra is murdered in cold blood by a shipmate, Spider vows revenge. On a ship where every man is a killer many times over, how can Spider find the man who killed his friend? There is no law here, so if justice is to be done, he must do it. He will have to solve the crime and exact revenge himself. One wrong step will lead to certain death, but Spider is determined to look into the dying eyes of the man who killed his friend, even if it means his own death.

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Simon and Schuster

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1633883604

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9781633883604

Soldiers Out of Time

By: Steve White

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Soldiers Out of Time

By: Steve White

Book #5 in Steve White's exciting TRA series. Jason faces down humanity's arch-enemies in an action-packed space adventure. Special operations officer Jason Thanou of the Temporal Regulatory Authority must once again plunge into Earths blood-drenched past to combat the plots of the Transhumanist underground to subvert that past and create a secret history leading up to the fulfillment of their mad dream of transforming humanity into a race of gods and monsters. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Ghosts of Time: "Meticulous research, vivid historical descriptions, and tense action sequences help flesh out this rousing time- travel adventure."¾Publishers Weekly About Pirates of the Timestreams: _White expertly blends historical and futuristic elements ã to create a fast-paced, detail-rich tale, seamlessly inserting his own inventions into factual events ã an exciting, engaging story, accessible to new readers and thoroughly satisfying for established fans.Ó¾Publishers Weekly About Steve White: _White offers fast action and historically informed world-building.Ó¾Publishers Weekly About Steve Whites Forge of the Titans: _. . . recalls the best of the John Campbell era of SF. White's core audience of hard SF fans will be pleased ...Ó¾Publishers Weekly _. . . Engaging entertainment . . . much suspense and many well-handled action scenes . . .Ó¾Booklist The TRA Series: Blood of Heroes Sunset of the Gods Pirates of the Timestream Ghosts of Time Soldiers Out of Time

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Baen Publishing Enterprises

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1625794304

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9781625794307

Four Corners of the Sky

Creation Stories and Cosmologies from Around the World

By: Steve Zeitlin

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Four Corners of the Sky

Creation Stories and Cosmologies from Around the World

By: Steve Zeitlin

A collection of folk stories from around the world, each accompanied by background information, that explain the various perspectives of different peoples on how the universe and their world came to be.

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Macmillan

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0805048162

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9780805048162

Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy

A Complete History of the Allocation of Pendant Numbers to Royal Navy Warships and Auxiliaries

By: Ben Warlow,Steve Bush

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Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy

A Complete History of the Allocation of Pendant Numbers to Royal Navy Warships and Auxiliaries

By: Ben Warlow,Steve Bush

Pendant (or pennant) numbers have been used by individual ships of the Royal Navy for purposes of identification for more than 100 years. They were also used in all the navies of the British Empire so that ships could be easily transferred from one navy to another without changing her number. They offer the simplest and clearest way to identify a ship, but until now there has been little in the way of consistent and accurate information, and certainly no single location where you can look up or research complete pendant numbers. The book is designed as an easy-to-use reference work and as such is, in the main, composed of alpha-numeric listings to enable the user to find and identify warships by reference to ship name and to identify specific pendant numbers assigned to that name; or by pendant number to identify specific vessels assigned that number at various times. It begins with an introduction and a brief history of visual signalling used by the Royal Navy before industrialisation, and explains how the large numbers of identical ships being built brought about the need to identify specific ships within fleets to aid signalling and tactical deployment. There follow chapters covering the pendant numbers of the surface fleet and submarines (which stopped using them once boats began to spend so little time on the surface), and then pedant numbers by ship name. A significant chapter lists the pendant numbers assigned to the British Pacific Fleet during the Pacific campaign of WWII together with an explanation of why numbers were assigned, and an examination of missing ‘A’ series pendants known to have been carried by some vessels during the conflict. The BPF numbers have only recently come to light and there is still much that is not known but this section provides the most comprehensive study of available data at this time. There is also an appendix covering deck letters assigned to aviation capable ships. This is a genuinely new and significant reference book and is destined to become a major new aid for Royal Navy warship and auxiliary identification.

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Seaforth Publishing

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1526793792

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9781526793799

Tragic Beauty in Whitehead and Japanese Aesthetics

By: Steve Odin

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Tragic Beauty in Whitehead and Japanese Aesthetics

By: Steve Odin

The present volume endeavors to make a contribution to contemporary Whitehead studies by clarifying his axiological process metaphysics, including his theory of values, concept of aesthetic experience, and doctrine of beauty, along with his philosophy of art, literature and poetry. Moreover, it establishes an east-west dialogue focusing on how Alfred North Whitehead’s process aesthetics can be clarified by the traditional Japanese Buddhist sense of evanescent beauty. As this east-west dialogue unfolds it is shown that there are many striking points of convergence between Whitehead’s process aesthetics and the traditional Japanese sense of beauty. However, the work especially focuses on two of Whitehead’s aesthetic categories, including the penumbral beauty of darkness and the tragic beauty of perishability, while further demonstrating parallels with the two Japanese aesthetic categories of yûgen and aware. It is clarified how both Whitehead and the Japanese tradition have articulated a poetics of evanescence that celebrates the transience of aesthetic experience and the ephemerality of beauty. Finally it is argued that both Whitehead and Japanese tradition develop an aesthetics of beauty as perishability culminating in a religio-aesthetic vision of tragic beauty and its reconciliation in the supreme ecstasy of peace or nirvana.

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Lexington Books

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1498514782

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9781498514781

Deadly Natural Disasters

By: Steve Foxe

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Deadly Natural Disasters

By: Steve Foxe

A massive tsunami slams into a tourist's train. A violent volcanic eruption overwhelms a hiker with hot ash and gases. A raging wildfire forces a family to flee without their beloved animals. These deadly natural disasters ended in tragedy for some--but not everyone. How did the people in these true tales come face to face with the forces of nature and live to tell about it? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read hi-lo graphic novel that will keep them on the edge of their seats!

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166905893X

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The Lost Diary of Erik Bloodaxe, Viking Warrior

By: Steve Barlow

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The Lost Diary of Erik Bloodaxe, Viking Warrior

By: Steve Barlow

Read here the astonishing details of life in Viking times written by the court poet of Erik Bloodaxe.

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0006945562

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9780006945567

Thor Vs. Hercules

By: Stan Lee,Gerry Conway,Tom Defalco,Ron Frenz,Michael Avon Oeming,Bob Harras,Greg Pak,Fred Van Lente,Steve Englehart

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Thor Vs. Hercules

By: Stan Lee,Gerry Conway,Tom Defalco,Ron Frenz,Michael Avon Oeming,Bob Harras,Greg Pak,Fred Van Lente,Steve Englehart

Collects Journey Into Mystery Annual #1, Thor (1966) #126, #221, #356 & #437, Thor Annual #5, Thor: Blood Oath #3-4, Incredible Hercules #136 And Material From Thor #400. Greatest friends or greatest rivals? Asgard or Olympus? Hammer or mace? God of Thunder or Prince of Power? When two half-human gods such as Thor and Hercules meet up, they come to blows as often as they join forces against threats such as Pluto and Ares! No matter the world, no matter the stakes, no matter the property destruction, see these two demigods seek to prove who is the strongest-even when they switch costumes! Women and mead not provided

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302506404

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9781302506407

In Death Ground

By: Steve White,David Weber

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In Death Ground

By: Steve White,David Weber

Five thousand years after Sun Tzu wrote "The Art of War," his advice is followed during the Fourth Interstellar War between the terrible Bugs and the humans, who are aided by their catlike Orion allies.

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Baen

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0671877798

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9780671877798

What's the Deal with Wicca?

A Deeper Look Into the Dark Side of Today's Witchcraft

By: Steve Russo

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What's the Deal with Wicca?

A Deeper Look Into the Dark Side of Today's Witchcraft

By: Steve Russo

Russo lays bare the spiritual roots and exposes the deception of Wicca. He also demonstrates that Christianity is the only way to address the needs in the lives of teenagers.

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0764201360

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9780764201363

Protecting Your Teen from Today's Witchcraft

A Parent's Guide to Confronting Wicca and the Occult

By: Steve Russo

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Protecting Your Teen from Today's Witchcraft

A Parent's Guide to Confronting Wicca and the Occult

By: Steve Russo

- Shows how parents can counter Wicca with a balanced biblical world view- Informs and equips parents on how to deal with witchcraft--a serious issue affecting kids today- From the cohost of Focus on the Family's "Real Answers" radio show for teens

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0764201352

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9780764201356

Dome

By: Michael Reaves,Steve Perry

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Dome

By: Michael Reaves,Steve Perry

They watched in horror as humanity destroyed itself in a nightmare of biological warfare. Now they are trapped in the Dome - an underwater laboratory off the coast of Hawaii. Scientists. Technicians. Bureaucrats. And the special ones, recipients of an advanced technology - as much machine as human, or more animal than man. They are the citizens of the Dome. Sentenced to the endless night of the ocean floor. Safe from the virus-ravaged surface. They are humanity's last chance.

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Berkley Publishing Group

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0425095606

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9780425095607

Artistic Detachment in Japan and the West

Psychic Distance in Comparative Aesthetics

By: Steve Odin

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Artistic Detachment in Japan and the West

Psychic Distance in Comparative Aesthetics

By: Steve Odin

Artistic Detachment in Japan and the West takes up the notion of artistic detachment, or psychic distance, as an intercultural motif for East-West comparative aesthetics. The work begins with an overview of aesthetic theory in the West from the eighteenth-century empiricists to contemporary aesthetics and concludes with a survey of various critiques of psychic distance. Throughout, the author takes a highly innovative approach by juxtaposing Western aesthetic theory against Eastern (primarily Japanese) aesthetic theory. Weaving between cultures and time periods, the author focuses on a remarkably wide range of theories: in the West, the Kantian notion of disinterested contemplation, Heidegger's Gelassenheit, semiotics, and pragmatism; in Japan, Zeami's notion of riken no ken, the Kyoto School's intepretation of nothingness, D. T. Suzuki's analysis of the function of no-mind, and the writings of Kuki Shuzo on Buddhist detachment. "Portrait of the artist" fiction by such writers as Henry James, James Joyce, Mori Ogai, and Natsume Soseki demonstrates how the main theme of detachment is expressed in literary traditions. The role of sympathy or pragmatism in relation to disinterest is examined, suggesting conflicts within or challenges to the notion of detachment. Researchers and students in Eastern and Western areas of study, including philosophers and religionists, as well as literary and cultural critics, will deem this work an invaluable contribution to cross-cultural philosophy and literary studies.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824823745

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9780824823740

Process Metaphysics and Hua-Yen Buddhism

A Critical Study of Cumulative Penetration vs. Interpretation

By: Steve Odin

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Process Metaphysics and Hua-Yen Buddhism

A Critical Study of Cumulative Penetration vs. Interpretation

By: Steve Odin

This study establishes a comprehensive transcultural dialogue between Whitehead's process metaphysics and East Asian Hua-yen Buddhism, including both the profound parallels and the doctrinal debates that arise between these two traditions. To advance this dialogue, Dr. Odin has called upon several other Western hermeneutical systems in order to radically reinterpret Hua-yen modes of thought: phenomenology, depth psychology, linguistic analysis, and dialectical discourse. Of special interest is Dr. Odin's exposition of Korean Hua-yen (or Hwaom) Buddhism, including a full translation of the famous Ocean Seal (with Autocommentary) composed by Uisang (625-702), the first patriarch of Korean Hua-yen Buddhism. This is the first published translation of a major Korean Buddhist's treatise into English.

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State University of New York Press

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1438414919

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9781438414911

New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics

By: A. Minh Nguyen

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New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics

By: A. Minh Nguyen

This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Stephen Addiss and a comprehensive introduction that surveys the history of Japanese aesthetics and the ways in which it is similar to and different from Western aesthetics, this groundbreaking work brings together a large variety of disciplinary perspectives—including philosophy, literature, and cultural politics—to shed light on the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Japan and the central themes in Japanese art and aesthetics. Contributors explore topics from the philosophical groundings for Japanese aesthetics and the Japanese aesthetics of imperfection and insufficiency to the Japanese love of and respect for nature and the paradoxical ability of Japanese art and culture to absorb enormous amounts of foreign influence and yet maintain its own unique identity. New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics will appeal not only to a wide range of humanities scholars but also to graduate and undergraduate students of Japanese aesthetics, art, philosophy, literature, culture, and civilization. Masterfully articulating the contributors’ Japanese-aesthetical concerns and their application to Japanese arts (including literature, theater, film, drawing, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, crafts, music, fashion, comics, cooking, packaging, gardening, landscape architecture, flower arrangement, the martial arts, and the tea ceremony), these engaging and penetrating essays will also appealto nonacademic professionals and general audiences. This seminal work will be essential reading for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Japanese aesthetics.

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