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Eastern Approaches to Western Film: Asian Aesthetics and Reception
in Cinema offers a renewed critical outlook on Western classic film
directly from the pantheon of European and American masters,
including Alfred Hitchcock, George Lucas, Robert Bresson, Carl
Dreyer, Jean-Pierre Melville, John Ford, Leo McCarey, Sam
Peckinpah, and Orson Welles. The book contributes an "Eastern
Approach" into the critical studies of Western films by
reappraising selected films of these masters, matching and
comparing their visions, themes, and ideas with the philosophical
and paradigmatic principles of the East. It traces Eastern
inscriptions and signs embedded within these films as well as their
social lifestyle values and other concepts that are also inherently
Eastern. As such, the book represents an effort to reformulate
established discourses on Western cinema that are overwhelmingly
Eurocentric. Although it seeks to inject an alternative
perspective, the ultimate aim is to reach a balance of East and
West. By focusing on Eastern aesthetic and philosophical influences
in Western films, the book suggests that there is a much more
thorough integration of East and West than previously thought or
imagined.
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This book summarizes the author's extensive research on Confucian
morality issues and focuses on elaborating the extremely important
and unique role of moral thought in Confucian ideology. The book
shares the author's own standpoints on a range of issues -
including where moral thoughts originated, what the major
principles are, and what methods were adopted in Confucianism - to
form a comprehensive and in-depth interpretation, and help readers
achieve a better understanding. Moreover, the book focuses on the
similarities and differences between Chinese and western cultures
and presents an in-depth analysis of the differences and roots
regarding various aspects, including Chinese and western historical
development paths, thoughts and cultures, national spirits,
national mentalities, and social governance models. The formation
of either culture has its own practical reasons and historical
roots. The book represents a major contribution, helping readers
understand the similarities and differences between Chinese and
western cultures and social civilizations, enabling them to
integrate and learn from Chinese and western cultures, and
promoting a better development for Chinese society and the
international community alike. Combining detailed data and an
approachable style, it contributes to the legacy of Confucianism by
applying a critical attitude. The author thinks out of the box in
terms of theoretical analysis and studies on certain issues. As
such, the book will be of great academic value in terms of studying
China's ideological culture, especially its morality culture, and
will benefit scholars and research institutions alike.
This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary
Japanese culture: the prevalence of discussions and representations
of "spirits" (tama or tamashii). Ancestor cults have played a
central role in Japanese culture and religion for many centuries;
in recent decades, however, other phenomena have expanded and
diversified the realm of Japanese animism. For example, many manga,
anime, TV shows, literature, and art works deal with spirits,
ghosts, or with an invisible dimension of reality. International
contributors ask to what extent these are cultural forms created by
the media for consumption, rather than manifestations of
"traditional" ancestral spirituality in their adaptations to
contemporary society. Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan
considers the modes of representations and the possible cultural
meanings of spirits, as well as the metaphysical implications of
contemporary Japanese ideas about spirits. The chapters offer
analyses of specific cases of "animistic attitudes" in which the
presence of spirits and spiritual forces is alleged, and attempt to
trace cultural genealogies of those attitudes. In particular, they
present various modes of representation of spirits (in contemporary
art, architecture, visual culture, cinema, literature, diffuse
spirituality) while at the same time addressing their underlying
intellectual and religious assumptions.
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