Striking Beauty: A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts by Allen, Barry

Striking Beauty: A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780231172721)

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Striking Beauty: A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts by Allen, Barry

Striking Beauty: A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts

$37.00
Striking Beauty: A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts by Allen, Barry

Striking Beauty: A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts

$37.00
Format: Hardcover
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The first book to focus on the intersection of Western philosophy and the Asian martial arts, Striking Beauty comparatively studies the historical and philosophical traditions of martial arts practice and their ethical value in the modern world. Expanding Western philosophy's global outlook, the book forces a theoretical reckoning with the concerns of Chinese philosophy and the aesthetic and technical dimensions of martial arts practice.

Striking Beauty explains the relationship between Asian martial arts and the Chinese philosophical traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, in addition to Sunzi's Art of War. It connects martial arts practice to the Western concepts of mind-body dualism and materialism, sports aesthetics, and the ethics of violence. The work ameliorates Western philosophy's hostility toward the body, emphasizing the pleasure of watching and engaging in martial arts, along with their beauty and the ethical problem of their violence.

Author: Barry Allen
ISBN-10: 0231172729
ISBN-13: 9780231172721
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2015
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2015
Choice 01/01/2016
By Barry Allen
By Barry Allen
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Barry Allen is professor of philosophy at McMaster University; has held visiting appointments in Jerusalem, Istanbul, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; and is associate editor at the interdisciplinary journal Common Knowledge. His research concerns aesthetics, technology, the theory of knowledge, and Chinese philosophy. He is the author of Truth in Philosophy; Knowledge and Civilization; Artifice and Design: Art and Technology in Human Experience; and Vanishing into Things: Knowledge in Chinese Tradition.

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