Recently added articles from East-West Connections:
Feeling as form in Indian aesthetics.(Essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... To speak of feeling as a source of formal coherence is a strange idea from a Western perspective. Feelings are believed to be formless, chaotic, explosive, corrosive, ungovernable, irrational, and delusive. In Western aesthetic and philosophical traditions, form and feeling are most often ...
The idea of the Islamic State.(Essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... The phantom of an Islamic State has haunted the Musalman throughout the ages and is a result of the memory of the glorious past .... that makes the Musalman of today live in the past and with the dead weight of centuries on his back, frustrated and bewildered and hesitant to turn to one ...
Images for iconoclasts: images of Confucius in the Cultural Revolution.(Essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... Confucius died and was buried in 479 bce, and he was never seen again. (1) Or so one would think. "You may forget me as I once was," Confucius reminds us in the Zhuangzi, "but there is something unforgettable about me that will still live on." (2) Confucius's physical frame was concealed ...
Editor's note.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2007; ... We are pleased to present our readers with the seventh volume of East-West Connections. The contents of this issue continue to reflect the interests of our readers by offering scholarly articles on both content and pedagogical topics. These articles stretch across regions and the spectrum ...
Japanese gardens as texts and contexts.(Essay)
Jan 01, 2007; ... Why teach Japanese gardens and philosophy? In an earlier essay, I outlined reasons for teaching Japanese aesthetics. Many of these reasons apply to the teaching of Japanese gardens as well. (1) Since Japanese gardens give direct experience of the culture, they contribute ...