Mono no Aware and Gender as Affect in Japanese Aesthetics and American Pragmatism

Mono no Aware and Gender as Affect in Japanese Aesthetics and American Pragmatism explores gender as a felt experience of an aware, examining how the experience of gendering and being gendered is shaped by the affective perception of the body in line with cultural aesthetics. It argues that how the felt sense of identity aligns with the affective organization of society determines the nature of social transactions between individuals, and advocates for an expanded recognition of the how to be in the world through cultivating new ways of perceiving the affective organization of persons.

Format: Hardback
Length: 422 pages
Publication date: 15 April 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

Mono no Aware and Gender as Affect in Japanese Aesthetics and American Pragmatism explores the intersection of naturalistic pragmatism and Japanese aesthetic theory, specifically focusing on gender as a felt experience of an aware or affective quality of persons. Johnathan Charles Flowers argues that the experience of gendering and being gendered is a result of the affective perception of the organization of the body in line with cultural aesthetics embodied in Deweyan habit or Japanese kata. This view suggests that how the felt sense of identity aligns with the affective organization of society determines the nature of the possible social transactions between individuals. By treating gender and other identities as aware, the book advocates for an expanded recognition of the how to be in the world through cultivating new ways of perceiving the affective organization of persons. This approach demonstrates how questions of personhood and identity are themselves affective judgments and offers a way to cultivate new ways of perceiving the affective organization of persons.

Weight: 726g
Dimension: 235 x 157 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793626707