Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic eBook

Sidney Gulick
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 551 pages of information about Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic eBook

Sidney Gulick
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 551 pages of information about Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic.

XV.  AESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS

The wide development of the aesthetic sense in Japan—­Japanese aesthetic development is unbalanced—­The sense of smell—­Painting—­Japanese art pays slight attention to the human form—­Sociological interpretation—­The nude in Japanese art—­Relation to the social order—­Art and immorality—­Caricature—­Fondness for the abnormal in nature—­Abnormal stones—­Tosa cocks—­AEsthetics of speech—­The aesthetic sense and the use of personal pronouns—­Deficiency of the aesthetic development in regard to speech—­Sociological explanations—­Close relation of aesthetics and conduct—­Sociological explanation for the wide development of the aesthetic sense—­The classes lived in close proximity—­The spirit of dependence and imitation—­Universality of culture more apparent than real—­Defects of aesthetic taste—­Defective etiquette—­How accounted for—­Old and new conditions—­“Western taste debasing Japanese art”—­Illustration of aboriginal aesthetic defects—­Colored photographs—­AEsthetic defects of popular shrines—­The aesthetics of music—­Experience of the Hawaiian people—­Literary aesthetic development—­Aston quoted—­Architectural aesthetic development—­AEsthetic development is sociological rather than biological, 170

XVI.  MEMORY—­IMITATION

Psychological unity of the East and the West—­Brain size and social evolution—­The size of the Japanese brain—­Memory—­Learning Chinese characters—­Social selection and mnemonic power—­Japanese memory in daily life—­Memory of uncivilized and semi-civilized peoples—­Hindu memory—­Max Mueller quoted—­Japanese acquisition of foreign languages—­The argument from language for the social as against the biological distinction of races—­The faculty of imitation; is not to be despised—­Prof.  Chamberlain’s over-emphasis of Japanese imitation—­Originality in adopting Confucianism and Buddhism—­“Shinshu”—­“Nichirenshu”—­Adoption of Chinese philosophy—­Dr. Knox’s over-emphasis of servile adoption—­Our ignorance of Japanese history of thought—­A reason for Occidental misunderstanding—­The incubus of governmental initiative—­Relation of imitation to the social order, 189

XVII.  ORIGINALITY—­INVENTIVENESS

Originality in art—­Authoritative suppression of originality—­Townsend Harris quoted—­Suppression of Christianity and of heterodox Confucianism—­Modern suppression of historical research—­Yet Japan is not wholly lacking in originality—­Recent discoveries and inventions—­Originality in borrowing from the West—­Quotations from a native paper, 203

XVIII.  INDIRECTNESS—­“NOMINALITY”

“Roundaboutness”—­Some advantages of this characteristic—­Illustrations—­Study of English for direct and accurate habits of thought—­Rapid modern growth of directness—­“Nominality”—­All Japanese history an illustration—­The Imperial rule only nominal—­The daimyo as a figure-head—­“Nominality” in ordinary life—­In family relations—­Illustrations in Christian work—­A “nominal” express train—­“Nominality” and the social order, 210

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