Climate and Culture: A Philosophical StudyA pioneering philosophical exploration, this volume seeks to clarify the function of climate as a key factor within the structure of human existence. The author takes as his starting point the argument that the phenomena of climate should be treated as expressions of subjective human existence and not of natural environments. In developing his argument, Watsuji first examines the basic principles of climate and then proceeds to examine three types of climate in detail--monsoon, desert, and meadow--and their relative impacts on human experience. As both a unique guide to Japan and her culture and a penetrating philosophical study, Climate and Culture will be enlightening reading for students and scholars of modern Japanese thought. |
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Contents
Translators Preface i | 1 |
THREE TYPES | 18 |
THE DISTINCTIVE NATURE OF MON | 119 |
Copyright | |
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achieved already ancient artistic aspect atmosphere attempt beauty became becomes body building called character characteristics China Chinese climate clothes cold completely concern course culture desert directed discover distinctive doubt effect emotion essential ethical Europe Europe's European example existence experience expression fact feeling force garden give given grass Greece Greek hand heat Hence historical human humidity impression Indian indicates individual Italy Japan Japanese kind lack land limitation living look man's matter meadow means Mediterranean merely monsoon nature never object observation origin period philosophy plain plants problem rain regarded relation relationship revealed river season sense significance single social spirit stand strong structure style summer surface thought tion trees tribe true turn understanding unity western whole wind winter
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| Title | Climate and Culture: A Philosophical Study Volume 3 of Classics of modern Japanese thought and culture Documentary Reference Collections |
| Author | Tetsurō Watsuji |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Greenwood Press, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Jul 15, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0313265585, 9780313265587 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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