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Martial Aesthetics

Author : Anders Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503634868
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Martial Aesthetics written by Anders Engberg-Pedersen and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century has witnessed a pervasive militarization of aesthetics with Western military institutions co-opting the creative worldmaking of art and merging it with the destructive forces of warfare. In Martial Aesthetics, Anders Engberg-Pedersen examines the origins of this unlikely merger, showing that today's creative warfare is merely the extension of a historical development that began long ago. Indeed, the emergence of martial aesthetics harkens back to a series of inventions, ideas, and debates in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Already then, military thinkers and inventors adopted ideas from the field of aesthetics about the nature, purpose, and force of art and retooled them into innovative military technologies and a new theory that conceptualized war not merely as a practical art, but as an aesthetic art form. This book shows how military discourses and early war media such as star charts, horoscopes, and the Prussian wargame were entangled with ideas of creativity, genius, and possible worlds in philosophy and aesthetic theory (by thinkers such as Leibniz, Baumgarten, Kant, and Schiller) in order to trace the emergence of martial aesthetics. Adopting an approach that is simultaneously historical and theoretical, Engberg-Pedersen presents a new frame for understanding war in the twenty-first century.

Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity

Author : Man-Fung Yip
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888390716
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity written by Man-Fung Yip and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the core of Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity: Aesthetics, Representation, Circulation is a fascinating paradox: the martial arts film, long regarded as a vehicle of Chinese cultural nationalism, can also be understood as a mass cultural expression of Hong Kong’s modern urban-industrial society. This important and popular genre, Man-Fung Yip argues, articulates the experiential qualities, the competing social subjectivities and gender discourses, as well as the heightened circulation of capital, people, goods, information, and technologies in Hong Kong of the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to providing a novel conceptual framework for the study of Hong Kong martial arts cinema and shedding light on the nexus between social change and cultural/aesthetic form, this book offers perceptive analyses of individual films, including not only the canonical works of King Hu, Chang Cheh, and Bruce Lee, but also many lesser-known ones by Lau Kar-leung and Chor Yuen, among others, that have not been adequately discussed before. Thoroughly researched and lucidly written, Yip’s stimulating study will ignite debates in new directions for both scholars and fans of Chinese-language martial arts cinema. “Yip subjects critical clichés to rigorous examination, moving beyond generalized notions of martial arts cinema’s appeal and offering up informed scrutiny of every facet of the genre. He has the ability to encapsulate these films’ particularities with cogent examples and, at the same time, demonstrate a thorough familiarity with the historical context in which this endlessly fascinating genre arose.” —David Desser, professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “Eschewing a reductive chronology, Yip offers a persuasive, detailed, and sophisticated excavation of martial arts cinema which is read through and in relation to rapid transformation of Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s. An exemplar of critical genre study, this book represents a significant contribution to the discipline.” —Yvonne Tasker, professor of film studies and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of East Anglia

Sociology is a Martial Art

Author : Pierre Bourdieu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781595585431
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Sociology is a Martial Art written by Pierre Bourdieu and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Introduction Gisèle Sapiro ix Part I On Journalism and Television 1 Journalism and Politics 3 On Television 11 The Olympics-an Agenda for Analysis 62 The Power of Journalism 65 From Miscellany to a Matter of State 75 Questions of Words 78 Part II Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market 83 To the Reader 85 The Left Hand and the Right Hand of the State 86 Sollers tel quel 94 The Status of Foreigners: A Shibboleth 97 Abuse of Power by the Advocates of Reason 100 The Train Driver's Remark 102 Against the Destruction of a Civilization 104 The Myth of "Globalization" and the European Welfare State 108 The Thoughts of Chairman Tietmeyer 121 Social Scientists, Economic Science, and the Social Movement 127 For a New Internationalism 133 Return to Television 141 The Government Finds the People Irresponsible 147 Job Insecurity Is Everywhere Now 149 The Protest Movement of the Unemployed, a Social Miracle 155 The Negative Intellectual 158 Neoliberalism, the Utopia (Becoming a Reality) of Unlimited Exploitation 160 Part III Firing Back: Against the Tyranny of the Market 2 171 Letter to the American Reader 173 Preface 175 For a Scholarship with Commitment 179 The Imposition of the American Model and Its Effects 186 The Invisible Hand of the Powerful 191 Against the Policy of Depoliticization 200 For a European Social Movement 212 Grains of Sand 220 Culture Is in Danger 222 Unite and Rule 234 Part IV Interviews and New Acts of Resistance 245 For a Real Mobilization of Organized Forces 247 For a Permanent Organization of Resistance to the New World Order 251 The Intellectual Is Not Ethically Neutral 255 A Sociologist in the World 261 Epilogue: Remembering Pierre Bourdieu Craig Calhoun 279 Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson's Translator's Note: On Television 288 References 291 Notes 295 Permissions 309

The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts

Author : Jason Holt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000450449
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts written by Jason Holt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixed martial arts (MMA)—unarmed fighting games permitting techniques derived from a variety of martial arts and combat sports— has exploded from the fringes of sport into a worldwide phenomenon, a sport as controversial as it is compelling. This is the first book to pay MMA the serious philosophical attention it deserves. With contributions from leading international scholars of the philosophy of sport and martial arts, the book explores topics such as whether MMA qualifies as a martial art, the differences between MMA and the traditional martial arts, the aesthetic dimensions of MMA, the limits of consent and choice in MMA and whether MMA can promote moral virtues. It also explores cutting-edge practical and ethical topics, including the role of gender in MMA, and the question of whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the women’s divisions. The contributors to this anthology take down, ground and pound, and submit many essential questions about this fascinating recent development in the culture of sport and spectacle. This is important reading for anybody with an interest in combat sports, martial arts, or the philosophy, sociology, culture or history of sport.

Striking Beauty

Author : Barry Allen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231539347
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Striking Beauty written by Barry Allen and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to focus on the intersection of Western philosophy and the Asian martial arts, Striking Beauty comparatively studies the historical and philosophical traditions of martial arts practice and their ethical value in the modern world. Expanding Western philosophy's global outlook, the book forces a theoretical reckoning with the concerns of Chinese philosophy and the aesthetic and technical dimensions of martial arts practice. Striking Beauty explains the relationship between Asian martial arts and the Chinese philosophical traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, in addition to Sunzi's Art of War. It connects martial arts practice to the Western concepts of mind-body dualism and materialism, sports aesthetics, and the ethics of violence. The work ameliorates Western philosophy's hostility toward the body, emphasizing the pleasure of watching and engaging in martial arts, along with their beauty and the ethical problem of their violence.

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art

Author : Marcello Ghilardi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135012978X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art written by Marcello Ghilardi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone working in aesthetics interested in understanding the richness of the Chinese aesthetic tradition this handbook is the place to start. Comprised of general introductory overviews, critical reflections and contextual analysis, it covers everything from the origins of aesthetics in China to the role of aesthetics in philosophy today. Beginning in early China (1st millennium BCE), it traces the Chinese aesthetic tradition, exploring the import of the term aesthetics into Chinese thought via Japan around the end of the 19th century. It looks back to early practices of art and craftsmanship, showing how the history of Chinese thought provides a multitude of artefacts and texts that give rise to a wide range of aesthetic creations and notions. Introducing various perspectives on traditional arts in China, including painting, ceramics, calligraphy, poetry, music and theatre, it explores those aesthetic traditions not included in “canonic” art forms, such as martial arts, rock gardening, and ritual performance. Written by Chinese, European, and American theoreticians and practitioners, this authoritative research resource enhances contemporary aesthetics by revealing the possibilities of a Chinese philosophy of art.

Fighting Scholars

Author : Raúl Sánchez García
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1783083468
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Fighting Scholars written by Raúl Sánchez García and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Fighting Scholars’ offers the first book-length overview of the ethnographic study of martial arts and combat sports. The book’s main claim is that such activities represent privileged grounds to access different social dimensions, such as emotion, violence, pain, gender, ethnicity and religion. In order to explore these dimensions, the concept of ‘habitus’ is presented prominently as an epistemic remedy for the academic distant gaze of the effaced academic body. The book’s most innovative features are its empirical focus and theoretical orientation. While ethnographic research is a widespread and popular approach within the social sciences, combat sports and martial arts have yet to be sufficiently interrogated from an ethnographic standpoint. The different contributions of this volume are aligned within the same project that began to crystallize in Loïc Wacquant’s ‘Body and Soul’: the construction of a ‘carnal sociology’ that constitutes an exploration of the social world ‘from’ the body.

New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics

Author : A. Minh Nguyen
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739180827
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics written by A. Minh Nguyen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Stephen Addiss and a comprehensive introduction that surveys the history of Japanese aesthetics and the ways in which it is similar to and different from Western aesthetics, this groundbreaking work brings together a large variety of disciplinary perspectives—including philosophy, literature, and cultural politics—to shed light on the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Japan and the central themes in Japanese art and aesthetics. Contributors explore topics from the philosophical groundings for Japanese aesthetics and the Japanese aesthetics of imperfection and insufficiency to the Japanese love of and respect for nature and the paradoxical ability of Japanese art and culture to absorb enormous amounts of foreign influence and yet maintain its own unique identity. New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics will appeal not only to a wide range of humanities scholars but also to graduate and undergraduate students of Japanese aesthetics, art, philosophy, literature, culture, and civilization. Masterfully articulating the contributors’ Japanese-aesthetical concerns and their application to Japanese arts (including literature, theater, film, drawing, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, crafts, music, fashion, comics, cooking, packaging, gardening, landscape architecture, flower arrangement, the martial arts, and the tea ceremony), these engaging and penetrating essays will also appealto nonacademic professionals and general audiences. This seminal work will be essential reading for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Japanese aesthetics.

Martial Arts

Author : Claudio A. Iedwab
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 9780736001250
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Martial Arts written by Claudio A. Iedwab and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Martial Arts Mind & Body combines the best mental and physical training principles of various martial art forms to enhance performance. Centered on the Japanese concept of kiai, the book explains how to unite your mental, physical, and spiritual energies. As a result, you will be able to: sharpen concentration and awareness, improve your ability to learn new skills, perform better in training and competition, and remain focused under stress." "As you learn how to integrate the energy of the mind and body, you will increase your resistance to fatigue, discomfort, and distraction. You'll also learn techniques to control the body's responses to respiration, metabolism, and muscle relaxation."--Jacket.

Art of Life and Death

Author : Daniel Fletcher
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462909957
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Art of Life and Death written by Daniel Fletcher and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterfully crafted guide to ninjitsu or budo explores in depth the history, culture and philosophy of this fascinating and enduring Japanese martial art. Budo is one of the least understood forms of art in the world. Even more than skills or techniques, the teachings of budo require faith to learn and courage to understand. One of the fundamental teachings of budo is ninjutsu, the art of perseverance that forms the basis of the Japanese martial arts. The lessons in this book come directly from experiencing the living vitality of the world's foremost master of the ninja arts, Masaaki Hatsumi. Through the use of stories, poetry, art, and earned wisdom, the authors move beyond the common image of the martial arts and reveal the nature of the unexpected changes in themselves as they struggled to come to terms with what being a martial artist in the ninja tradition meant. The Art of Life and Death is a reflection of the discipline, the aesthetics, and the philosophy that lies hidden within the martial way. It is a glimpse at the hidden potential of the martial arts, one where the practitioner can embrace transcendence and transformation in order to face all the fears that litter life and also life's most fearsome opponent: Death.

Kiko Hidden Power Electric Moves: A Revolutionary Discoveryabout Traditional Martial Arts for the Fight & Beyond

Author : Hayashi Tomio
Publisher : Wind School
ISBN 13 : 0979269776
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book Kiko Hidden Power Electric Moves: A Revolutionary Discoveryabout Traditional Martial Arts for the Fight & Beyond written by Hayashi Tomio and published by Wind School. This book was released on 2024-07-17 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Title: This work is the result of thirty years of observations about the function and behavior of Ki (vital energy) in traditional martial arts. Master teacher, Hayashi Tomio, author and Buddhist monk, with over a half century of teaching experience, leads readers into the extraordinary realm of internal martial practice with a revolutionary perspective that the effortless power derived from proper Ki technique may be the result of human's ability to control their bioelectric field as a signaling mechanism to charge their musculature for impressive gains. Hayashi lays out the amazing Ki principles and techniques embedded in most traditional forms. Electrifying your practice takes on literal meaning. Through the Kiko lens Hayashi answers many longstanding questions about the traditional martial arts such as the hidden reason why martial artists are told to keep their knees precisely bent, to crescent their step, to bend their wrist during certain parries, to make certain tonal sounds, to breathe deep into the belly, to stomp their foot, lift their heel, or turn the feet inward or outward in various postures, or to pause at certain points in a kata. Learn about the startling distinctions between open and closed hand moves, why katas should start in a specific cardinal direction, why the arms should or should not cross with certain limb configurations, why turns in a kata are often 45 or 90 degree angles, why duration; the amount of time expended during strength moves, exerts an unusual influence on body-generated power, why certain tonal kiai's are made in kata, why moves done in sets of two or three should not be identical. Learn how to increase both your speed and punching power. Learn about the hidden effects of using certain weapons. For instance, a long or short bo (staff) has a Yin and Yang end. A steel blade can cut meridians without contact. Sai act like lightning rods drawing Ki into a user's body, how simple visualizations can double your strength or make a lock placed upon you difficult to achieve, how redirecting your Ki can seal against pressure point strikes, how everyone possess a unique energy signature—and more.

Systema Revelations

Author : Brad Scornavacco
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781478717805
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Systema Revelations written by Brad Scornavacco and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to our tax laws, there has to be a limit to the amount of complexity that our government should and can constitutionally impose on the American people. Our income tax system is convoluted, expensive, and stressful requiring transformational changes. Stress is scientifically proven to be a contributing factor for so many diseases, setting back your immune system. Behzad (Ben) Compani explains that reducing stress and medical reasons are among other major outlined reasons as to why we need to change our income tax system. This book is pioneering, powerful, economically needed, humanitarian and it is for all taxpayers: The President, The Supreme Court Justices, The Legislators, Doctors and Psychologists, Professors and Teachers, Legislators, CPAs, Journalists, Government Employees, Students This book will give rise to a major movement and it will be grass roots.

Proceedings of the 2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023)

Author : Elisabetta Marino
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 2384761706
Total Pages : 1199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the 2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023) written by Elisabetta Marino and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 1199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book. The 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023) was held on October 20-22, 2023 in Chengdu, China. Literature is an art that reflects the social life and expresses the author's thoughts and feelings by shaping images with language as the means. Art is a social ideology that uses images to reflect reality but is more typical than reality. It includes literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, music and so on. Literature is one of the forms of expression belonging to art. Literature and art are difficult to separate by a clear boundary, but also for people to create more infinite imagination space. ICLAHD 2023 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Literature, Art and Human Development research to a common forum. The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in Literature, Art and Human Development research and another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working all around the world. The conference will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share views and experiences in Literature, Art and Human Development research and related areas.

Aesthetics, Creativity and the Martial Arts

Author : Preston Barrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Aesthetics, Creativity and the Martial Arts written by Preston Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Aesthetics of the Oppressed

Author : Augusto Boal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134195052
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Aesthetics of the Oppressed written by Augusto Boal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augusto Boal's workshops and theatre exercises are renowned throughout the world for their life-changing effects. At last this major director, practitioner, and author of many books on community theatre speaks out about the subjects most important to him – the practical work he does with diverse communities, the effects of globalization, and the creative possibilities for all of us.

The Way of the Warrior

Author : Chris Crudelli
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756651859
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book The Way of the Warrior written by Chris Crudelli and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the vast body of styles practiced around the world, including ancient and obscure styles from every continent on the planet, The Way of the Warrior is an indispensable, one-stop reference work for anyone interested in the martial-arts canon.

Proceeding of the International Seminar on "Art and Spirituality"

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Author : Diane Butler
Publisher : ISI Padangpanjang
ISBN 13 : 602508467X
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Proceeding of the International Seminar on "Art and Spirituality" written by Diane Butler and published by ISI Padangpanjang. This book was released on with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceeding is a compilation of papers which is presented at “International Seminar” titled “Art and Spirituality” held by Postgraduate Program, ISI Padangpanjang, 9 November 2016. There are some main speakers who are invited: Dr. Diane Butler (United States), Dr. Megan Collins (New Zealand), Prof. Dr. I Wayan Rai S.,MA (ISBI Tanah Papua), Mr. Surasak Jamnongsarn (Thailand), and Dr. Joe Peters (National University of Singapore). Moreover, 25 writers from several backgrounds (academics and practioners) also presented their papers in this seminar. Hopefully, This “Art and Spirituality” proceeding could enrich repertoire of art references in Indonesia and also becomes an encouragement to academics and artists to “dish up” ideas in form of scientific papers.