Phenomenology of Tea: An Introduction to Japanese Aesthetics

A literal and philosophical journey through the experiences of the tea ritual and its aesthetic motives, unwrapping both for the novice and the experienced scholar alike.

Adam Loughnane is Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. He is Co-Director of the Irish Institute of Japanese Studies, author of Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Artistic Expression as ’Motor-Perceptual faith’ (2019) and editor of Ueda Shizuteru: Zen, Language, Experience (2020).