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Ambiguity: A Philosophical Guide to the Japanese Imagination
Beyond The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: understanding Japan through philosophy
Completed · 25 episodes
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Leung Man-tao: Japan Is a Subject We Cannot Avoid 0. Why Approach Japanese Culture through Philosophy? 1. Misreadings of Japanese Culture 2. So This Is How Japanese People Pay Compliments 3. Why Don't Japanese People “Say Things Straight”? 4. Ambiguity as a Culture That Resists Big Data 5. Ambiguity: Japan's Philosophy of Happiness 6. Mono no Aware, Wabi-Sabi, and Rupture: Happiness Immersed in Contingency 7. Geisha Culture: Ephemeral as the Wind, Yet Unbreakable 8. The Popular Culture of Iki: All Japan Is a Painting 9. Ambiguity between Life and Death: Spirits in a Fourth Dimension of Time 10. Japanese Ambiguity: The Right Time and Place 11. Erasing Ambiguity on the Road to Militarism 12. Unhappy Lives Produce Difficult Books 13. Did Heidegger Harbor Antisemitic Views? 14. Does Ambiguity Suppress Individuality? 15. Kuki Shūzō: After Seeing Beauty Everywhere, Japanese Women Are Still Best 16. Tokugawa Ieyasu: Flaunting Gold and Silver Shows Poor Taste 17. Toyotomi Hideyoshi: I'm Anxious—Gold and Silver Help Me Feel Steadier 18. The Golden Pavilion Is Far Too Showy 19. Kuki, Were Nine Little Angels Around You at Birth? 20. Was the Great Artist Okakura Tenshin Dating Kuki Shūzō's Mother? 21. In Japan, Cuteness Is a Girl's Soul | Midnight Talks 22. How to Think Like a Philosopher during a Pandemic | March 23 Livestream Preview