Secrecy in Japanese arts : "secret transmission" as a mode of knowledge /

This book explores the Japanese tradition of secret transmission of knowledge within a closed and often hereditary group. The author investigates how esoteric practices function, how people make meaning of their practices, and how this form of esotericism survived into the modern age. The first two...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Isaka, Maki (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Arts, Japanese.
Teacher-student relationships > Japan.
Performing arts > Japan.
Martial arts > Japan.
Arts japonais.
Arts du spectacle > Japon.
20.41 Asian art: general.
Regional studies > Asia.
Theatre studies > Asia.
ART > Reference.
ART > Performance.
Geography.
Arts, Japanese
Martial arts
Performing arts
Teacher-student relationships
Uitvoerende kunsten.
Esoterisme.
Japan
Japan.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Quest for Esotericism
  • Operation of Esotericism
  • Transmission, the Creation of Knowledge
  • Secrecy, Concealing the Revealed
  • Esotericism and Modernity
  • Epilogue: Esotericism for Us.

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