Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives on Japanese Aesthetics

This collection expands the concepts and practices usually considered in Japanese aesthetics, as well as shedding light on aesthetic concepts and practices from Western traditions. The study of Japanese aesthetic traditions shows the deep connections between aesthetics and other philosophical subfields such as ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology. Edited by A. Minh Nguyen and Yarran Hominh, the collection takes a self-consciously cosmopolitan approach, situating Japanese aesthetics in a broader historical, philosophical, and comparative context. This volume exemplifies the conceptual breadth and philosophical significance of Japanese aesthetics, showing how those traditions can speak to a global philosophical audience faced with the task of confronting the ongoing injustices of colonial and capitalist Eurocentric modernity.