Somaesthetics and the Philosophy of Culture: Projects in Japan - Somaesthetics and the Philosophy of Culture: Projects in Japan -

Preface I: Innovation of aesthetics Aesthetics of sport: Its framework What is the aesthetics of sport?A brief history of the aesthetics of sport Systematic structure of the aesthetics of sport The concept of sport The concept of the aesthetic The problem areas of the aesthetics of sport A consideration in the aesthetics of sport: a problem of the aesthetic in sports movement as a technical aesthetic Notes The somaesthetic experience of the sports performer Masakazu Nakai's aesthetics of sport Kinesthetic perception as an aesthetic perception The spatial character of the sports mood The co-existential character of the sports mood The technical character of the sports mood The temporal character of the sports mood Concluding remarks Notes Sport and art: Innovation of the concept of art The contention over whether sport is art Politics of culture regarding "art"From geijutsu or fine arts to art with an innovative meaning Sports experience and ˂art˃ of the body Notes II: Significance of practice Bodily knowing An outline of the literature concerning bodily knowing written in Japanese The analysis of mechanism and structure of bodily knowing A clarification of bodily knowing from the viewpoint of system theory and the theory of artificial intelligence Akitomo Kaneko's clarification of the structure of bodily knowing Prospects of the problem The bodily knowing project at Keio Notes Eastern body theory and somaesthetics A problem of Eastern body theory West versus East?Another example of an approach to the Eastern theory of the body The thought of bunbu or literary and military arts Back to somaesthetics Notes III: Meliorism or educational implications Somaesthetics and learning What is rote learning?A viewpoint of the body and knowledge Three phases of manabi (learning)An encounter and dialogue with the objective world An encounter and dialogue with others An encounter and dialogue with the self "Being able to do" and "understanding"Practical knowledge as bodily knowing Notes A critical investigation on the education in meliorism Idealism and relativism in education Idealism and education The Enlightenment Eugenics Meliorism in education Tojisha kenkyu (self-support research): Kumagaya and Kono Body as a media: Yasuo Imai Notes The body facing the violence in education: Critical options from somaesthetics Introduction: from the social philosophy of violence to somaesthetics Situations Corporal punishment Bullying The social philosophy of violence The potential violence in the relationship between the teacher and the student The potential violence among students How we face potential violence: from the perspective of somaesthetics Shusterman's theory on rap: formalization of violence Reflection of experience: the ambiguity of the body Somatic training as anger control/management The possibility of phenomenological kinesiology Beyond the psychological perspective on bullying Renovation of school buildings: a critical option The ethical meaning of rejection: ethics as bodily expression Conclusion Notes Learning culture through language Introduction Learning English in Japanese schools The library's role in English language education Overview of the ESOL program of the New York Public Library The ESOL curriculum of the New York Public Library The ESOL programs in museums: learning language through art Learning English at cultural institutions Conclusion Notes The meaning of language in education Introduction Maruyama-Saussure linguistic theory and Maruyama's cultural philosophy The learning theory of social constructivism and Dewey The relation between language and the body in somaesthetics Concluding remarks Notes Bibliography