Phänomenologie der Kata-Übung
L. Krings
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that kata practice in the Japanese pathways arts can be treated as a philosophical discipline in which bodily postures and movement patterns serve as methods of inquiry, not only as objects of study. Proposes embodied reflection, developed through micro-phenomenological descriptions of postural patterns, as an innovative mode of philosophical research. |
Abstract
This book is the first to systematically explore the kata practice of the Japanese pathways arts as a philosophical discipline. Drawing on Buddhist sources, it develops a conception of practice that takes bodily postures and movement patterns not only as objects, but also as methods of inquiry. Through engagement with Zen meditation, breathing practice, tea ceremony, Nō theatre, and martial arts, the book articulates a methodological approach that combines translation and theorization, intercultural philosophy and phenomenology, as well as ethics and aesthetics. In micro-phenomenological descriptions of postural patterns, embodied reflection is developed as an innovative mode of philosophical research.