The (extra)ordinary (con)texts of beauty and be-ing

dc.contributor.authorKruger, Runette
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-23T06:24:12Z
dc.date.available2010-04-23T06:24:12Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis article aims to interrogate Japanese theorist Sōetsu Yanagi’s philosophical writings on Zen Buddhism and Zen aesthetics (as expounded in his essays published in The unknown craftsman: a Japanese insight into beauty), as well as the being-historical writing of Martin Heidegger as encountered in his publication Mindfulness, in order to point out the similarities in thought expressed in these two publications with regard to the way in which the ordinary affords access to the extraordinary. In this way Heidegger’s terms ‘be-ing’ and ‘being’ are related to Yanagi’s framework of the relationship between ‘wabi’ and ‘shibui’. In the process Heidegger’s thought is hermeneutically interpreted in terms of Yanagi’s explication of the Zen notion of non-dualist beauty.en_US
dc.description.abstractHierdie artikel poog om die Japanese teoretikus Sōetsu Yanagi se beskrywing van Zen Boedisme en Zen aestetika (soos gevind in sy teks The unknown craftsman: a Japanese insight into beauty), sowel [as] Martin Heidegger se syn-historiese skrywe Mindfulness, te ondersoek om sodoende ooreenkomste in hul denke oor die wyse waarop die buitengewone in die gewone aangetref kan word, uit te wys. So-doende word Heidegger se terme ‘be-ing’ en ‘being’ vergelyk met Yanagi se beskrywing van ‘wabi’ en ‘shibui’. Verder word Heidegger se denke hermeneuties geinterpreteer in terme van die Zen benadering tot nie-dualistiese skoonheid soos deur Yanagi beskryf.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKruger, R 2009, 'The (extra)ordinary (con)texts of beauty and be-ing', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 137-140. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-3542
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/13997
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectBeautyen_US
dc.subjectCraften_US
dc.subjectEreignisen_US
dc.subjectHeidegger, Martin, 1889-1976en_US
dc.subjectKizaemon tea bowlen_US
dc.subjectShibuien_US
dc.subjectWabien_US
dc.subjectYanagi, Soetsu, 1889-1961en_US
dc.subjectYanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961en_US
dc.subject.lcshChain of being (Philosophy)en
dc.subject.lcshAestheticsen
dc.subject.lcshZen Buddhismen
dc.subject.lcshZen artsen
dc.subject.lcshAesthetics, Japaneseen
dc.subject.lcshWabien
dc.subject.lcshShibuien
dc.titleThe (extra)ordinary (con)texts of beauty and be-ingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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