Chinese Environmental Aesthetics: Wangheng Chen, Wuhan University, China, translated by Feng Su, Hunan Normal University, China (Routledge Contemporary China, 126, Band 126) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0415540178 ISBN 13: 9780415540179

Verlag: Routledge, 2015

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This book addresses environmental issues by distinctively suggesting that an aesthetic approach inspired from ancient Chinese tradition could help us overcome the many problems that human beings have created at local and global levels. Although its main focus is the traditional and current contexts of the People's Republic of China, the book transcends national borders. A typical example is the ancient Chinese thought system and cultural practice of Feng Shui (¿¿) that sought to negotiate how the natural environment and human constructions can cohabit without destructing each other. The author evokes that sought-after harmony through the powerful image of gardens of life whose environmental beauty can be found in traditional Chinese gardens and palaces as well as historically and culturally preserved cities.

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Wangheng Chen is Professor of Philosophy at Wuhan University, PR China.

Feng Su is lecturer in history and theory of art at Hunan Normal University, China.

Gerald Cipriani teaches philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415540178
• ISBN 13: 9780415540179
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234
• Herausgeber: Cipriani Gerald
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