The Chinese Pleasure Book
This book takes up one of the most important themes in Chinese thought: the relation of pleasurable activities to bodily health and to the health of the body politic. Unlike Western theories of pleasure, early Chinese writings contrast pleasure not with pain but with insecurity, assuming that it is right and proper to seek and take pleasure, as well as experience short-term delight. Equally important is the belief that certain long-term relational pleasures are more easily sustained, as well as potentially more satisfying and less damaging. The pleasures that become deeper and more ingrained as the person invests time and effort to their cult…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-942130-16-1
- EAN: 9781942130161
- Produktnummer: 36722969
- Verlag: Zone Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 472 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 18 b/w illus.
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Michael Nylan
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