Description 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.
He is the author of Truth in Philosophy
Knowledge and Civilization
Artifice and Design: Art and Technology in Human Experience; and Vanishing into Things: Knowledge in Chinese Tradition..
His research concerns aesthetics, technology, the theory of knowledge, and Chinese philosophy.
About the Author Barry Allen is professor of philosophy at Mc Master University; has held visiting appointments in Jerusalem, Istanbul, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; and is associate editor at the interdisciplinary journal Common Knowledge.
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.
It connects Martial Arts practice to the Western concepts of mind-body dualism and materialism, sports aesthetics, and the ethics of violence.
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.
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.
Description 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
