Nishida Kitarō's Chiasmatic Chorology: Place of Dialectic, Dialectic of Place (World Philosophies) - Hardcover

Krummel, John W. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 025301753X ISBN 13: 9780253017536

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Nishida Kitarō (1870–1945) is considered Japan's first and greatest modern philosopher. As founder of the Kyoto School, he began a rigorous philosophical engagement and dialogue with Western philosophical traditions, especially the work of G. W. F. Hegel. John W. M. Krummel explores the Buddhist roots of Nishida’s thought and places him in connection with Hegel and other philosophers of the Continental tradition. Krummel develops notions of self-awareness, will, being, place, the environment, religion, and politics in Nishida’s thought and shows how his ethics of humility may best serve us in our complex world.

About this title

About the Author:

John W. M. Krummel is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Review:

"The current volume constitutes an enormous contribution to Nishida scholarship, comparative philosophy, and postmodern visions of and for a global world. It provides inspiring scholarship on Nishida and, at the same time, invites subsequent creative reflections. In short, it constitutes philosophical reflection at its best."

(Japanese Journal of Religious Studies)

"[This] volume constitutes an enormous contribution to Nishida scholarship, comparative philosophy, and postmodern visions of and for a global world. It provides inspiring scholarship on Nishida and, at the same time, invites subsequent creative reflections. In short, it constitutes philosophical reflection at its best."

(Journal of Japanese Studies)

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 025301753X
• ISBN 13: 9780253017536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304