A Remedy for Perfectionism of Modern Western Culture or the Latest Design Trend?

In an age of globalization phenomena, ideas or traditions considered typical for one culture may appear in another, or even in an entire cultural environment. Of course, as they adapt to the recipient culture, they will be different from what they were originally. In this essay, the author analyzes...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0ae19aea90044c95870ac55bb62db9142021-11-27T12:54:58ZA Remedy for Perfectionism of Modern Western Culture or the Latest Design Trend?10.12797/RM.02.2020.08.062544-21392544-2546https://doaj.org/article/0ae19aea90044c95870ac55bb62db9142020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/relacje/article/view/2516https://doaj.org/toc/2544-2139https://doaj.org/toc/2544-2546 In an age of globalization phenomena, ideas or traditions considered typical for one culture may appear in another, or even in an entire cultural environment. Of course, as they adapt to the recipient culture, they will be different from what they were originally. In this essay, the author analyzes the phenomenon of the popularity of the Japanese philosophy known as wabi-sabi in Western culture, while, at the same time, contrasting the original Japanese understanding of this term with its western “translation.” The author also tries to answer the question of why wabi-sabi has been understood in this particular way — essentially as a design trend — and what are the causes and effects of such an understanding. Katarzyna ŁaziukKsiegarnia Akademicka Publishingarticlewabi-sabiwabisabihyggedesignEthnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENPLRelacje Międzykulturowe, Vol 4, Iss 2(8) (2020)
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wabi
sabi
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Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
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A Remedy for Perfectionism of Modern Western Culture or the Latest Design Trend?
description In an age of globalization phenomena, ideas or traditions considered typical for one culture may appear in another, or even in an entire cultural environment. Of course, as they adapt to the recipient culture, they will be different from what they were originally. In this essay, the author analyzes the phenomenon of the popularity of the Japanese philosophy known as wabi-sabi in Western culture, while, at the same time, contrasting the original Japanese understanding of this term with its western “translation.” The author also tries to answer the question of why wabi-sabi has been understood in this particular way — essentially as a design trend — and what are the causes and effects of such an understanding.
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