num_pages: 275
description: This book explores the Japanese notion of hakanasa - the evanescence of all things. Responses to this idea have been various and even asceticism, fatalism, conformism, hedonism, materialism, and careerism. This book examines the ties between an epistemology of constant change and Japan's formal emphasis on etiquette and visuality.
language: English
title: Evanescence and Form: An Introduction to Japanese Culture
titlecomplete: Evanescence and Form: An Introduction to Japanese Culture
genres: Nonfiction, Japan, Philosophy
ratings_count: 26
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan