The Zen Arts : An Anthropological Study of the Culture of Aesthetic Form in Japan (Hardcover)

Introduction - Japan, the Zen Arts and Myself 1. Orientalism - An Idea and an Ideal of Japan 2. A World Apart - Ascetic Reclusion and Aesthetic Enchantment in the History of the Zen Arts 3. The Word and the body in Practice - Aesthetics as Form and as Experience 4. Mimesis and Visuality - The Imitation and Imagination of Aesthetic Value 5. Structuring Relations - The Power of Person and Place 6. Distinguishing Persons - The Code of and for Becoming a Practitioner 7. Culture as Aesthetic Value - Ideological Dispositions and Commercial Affiliations in the Zen Arts 8. Cracking Culture - Authenticity is a Cultural Choice