Striking Beauty: A Philosophical Look at the Asian Martial Arts
Barry Allen
Abstract
The first book to focus on the intersection of Western philosophy and the Asian martial arts, Striking Beauty studies the historical and philosophical traditions of Asian martial arts practice and its ethical value in the modern world. Expanding Western philosophy’s usual 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 elucidates the relationship between Asian martial arts and the Chinese philosophical traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and the Chinese art of ... More
Keywords: Martial arts, Aesthetics, Chinese philosophy, Confucianism, Daoism, Chinese art of war, Violence, Ethics, Sports aesthetics
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 | Print ISBN-13: 9780231172721 |
| Published to Columbia Scholarship Online: January 2016 | DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231172721.001.0001 |
