Chinese Environmental Aesthetics

Wangheng Chen, Wuhan University, China, translated by Feng Su, Hunan Normal University, China
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-415-54017-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary China Series

China is currently afflicted by enormous environmental problems. This book, drawing on ancient and modern Chinese environmental thinking, considers what it is that makes an environment a desirable place for living. The book emphasises ideas of beauty, and discusses how these ideas can be applied in natural, agricultural and urban environments in order to produce desirable environments. The book argues that environment is both a product of nature and of human beings, and as such is potentially alterable by culture. The book explores the three aspects of environmental beauty whereby such alteration might be beneficially made: integrated and holistic; ecological and man-made; and authentic and everyday.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cipriani, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface By Gerald Cipriani Introduction 1. Environmental Aesthetics in Ancient China 2. Traditional Chinese Conceptions of Environmental Beauty 3. Gardens, Palaces and Agricultural Landscapes 4. Beauty, Nature and the Environment 5. Beauty and The Agricultural Environment 6. Beauty and The Urban Environment 7. Concluding Remarks The Significance of Environmental Aesthetics Today Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Wangheng Chen is Professor of Philosophy at Wuhan University, PR China.

Feng Su is lecturer in history and theory of art at Hunan Normal University, China.

Gerald Cipriani teaches philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG).