Odin (Japanese and comparative philosophy, U. of Hawai'i) takes the notion of artistic detachment as an intercultural motif for east-west comparative aesthetics. After overviewing aesthetic attitude t
This book examines Alfred North Whitehead’s process aesthetics focusing especially on two categories, including the penumbral beauty of darkness and the tragic beauty of perishability, while further e
This is the first book on East-West comparative thought to critically analyze the Zen Buddhist model of self in modern Japanese philosophy from the standpoint of American pragmatism.
This book examines Whitehead’s process aesthetics focusing on two categories, the penumbral beauty of darkness and the tragic beauty of perishability, while establishing parallels with the Japan
