In Praise of Blandness
Subtitle: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics
Contributors: Paula M. Varsano (Translator)
Publisher: Zone Books
Published: March 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781890951412
Subjects: Aesthetics; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Eastern - General; Philosophy; China; Eastern; Philosophy / Eastern; Aesthetics, Chinese; Philosophy, Chinese
Description: More than just a cultural history, this text invites those both familiar and unfamiliar with Chinese culture to explore the resonances of the bland in literary, philosophical, and religious texts and to witness how all currents of Chinese thought converge in harmonious accord.