The educational function of Japanese arts
An approach to environmental philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8856841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Morimichi Kato (0000-0002-3254-7030, Tohoku University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1345-1354 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131857.2021.1904396 |
| OpenAlex | W3139454596 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
Nature and time have long been key concepts of educational thought. Educational thinkers from both the East and the West have tried to imitate and follow nature (conceived as tien or physis). They have also considered time in relation to human formation and growth. This article attempts to connect these two key concepts of education through the medium of the seasons. The seasons bridge both time and nature. Our experience of nature is temporal and manifests itself in the transition of the seasons. On the other hand, our experience of time is conditioned by the seasons. Seasons are a concrete manifestation of time and nature. It seems that philosophy has not paid enough attention to this. In this article, Japanese arts (such as the Katsura Imperial Villa and waka poetry) are used as the examples of how the arts can help to form our sensibility toward the seasons, which has ethical and educational implications. The article also asks questions about contemporary environmental discussions that, in the aspiration to be global and universal, often overlook concrete experience of the seasons conditioned by local climate
Aesthetics · Art · Bridge (graph theory · Environmental education · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Function (biology · Higher education · Key (lock · Linguistics · Literature · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Poetry · Political science · Relation (database · Sensibility · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Ecology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |