Japanese Art of War Understanding the Culture of Strategy

Name: Japanese Art of War Understanding the Culture of Strategy
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ISBN: 9781590302453

ISBN-10: 1590302451

ISBN-13: 9781590302453

Edition: 2005

Authors: Thomas Cleary, Thomas Cleary

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Military rule and the martial tradition of the samurai dominated Japanese culture for more than eight hundred years. According to Thomas Cleary-translator of more than thirty-five classics of Asian philosophy-the Japanese people have been so steeped in the way of the warrior that some of the manners and mentality of this outlook remain embedded in their individual and collective consciousness. Cleary shows how well-known attributes such as the reserve and mystery of formal Japanese behavior are deeply rooted in the ancient strategies of the traditional arts of war. Citing original Japanese sources that are popular among Japanese readers today, he reveals the hidden forces behind Japanese…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction


The inscrutable East: mystification and the art of war


Bushido and Japanese behavior


A Martial History of Japan


Conquest, civil war, militarism, and the rise of the samurai caste


Zen in Japanese History


Zen in Japanese politics, politics in Japanese Zen


Bushido and Martial Arts


The professional warrior's attitude


Commercialization of martial arts


Organization of a warrior's training


Use of Zen psychology in practical education


Defense and invulnerability


Timing and success


Starting on the way


The Way of the Zen Warrior


Theory and practice


Expertise and adepthood


Fixation and freedom


Buddhism and everyday life


Artificial Zen


Self-mastery


Transcendental ethics


Daily life of warriors


Buoyancy and depression


Awareness and timing


Mind and action


Schemes of the Samurai


Ethics of warfare


The vanguard of the moment


Energy, feeling, and mood


Strategy in social and professional relationships


Appearance and intention


Expediency


Strategic mystery


Fluidity on the warrior's way


First strike, second strike


Disarming opponents


Ways of winning


The Thirty-Six Strategies


Classical foundations of the science of conflict


Root teachings on the art of war


Bushido and Christianity: Ethical Crossroads


Zen, society, and morality


Pseudo-Christian imperialism and Japanese xenophobia


A Zen Razor


Ignorance and misdirection


Artificial esoterism


Distinguishing Bushido from Buddhism


The Shinto connection


Militarism in Japanese society and psychology


Summary


Index