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The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism » Read Now
by Nishitani Keiji, Graham Parkes, Setsuko Aihara. 240 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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Ontology and Utterance, in Philosophy East & West » Read Now
by Keiji Nishitani. 15 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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History, Transhistory, and Narrative History: A Postmodern View of Nishitani's Philosophy of Zen, in Philosophy East & West » Read Now
by Steven Heine. 28 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library
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Modern Japanese Aesthetics: A Reader (Chap. Eight "The Space of Poetry: The Kyoto School and Nishitani Keiji") » Read Now
by Michele Marra. 322 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

This is the first work in English on the history of the Japanese philosophy of art, from its inception in the 1870s to the present.
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Culture and Self: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives, East and West (Chap. Eight "Nietzsche and Nishitani on Nihilism and Tradition") » Read Now
by Douglas Allen, Ashok Malhotra. 184 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

Traditional scholars of philosophy & religion, both East & West, often place a major emphasis on analyzing the nature of "the self." In recent decades, there has been a renewed interest in analyzing self, but most scholars have not claimed knowledge of an ahistorical, objective, essential self free...
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Traditional scholars of philosophy & religion, both East & West, often place a major emphasis on analyzing the nature of "the self." In recent decades, there has been a renewed interest in analyzing self, but most scholars have not claimed knowledge of an ahistorical, objective, essential self free from all cultural determinants. The contributors to this volume recognize the need to contextualize specific views of self & to analyze such views in terms of the dynamic, dialectical relations between self & culture.
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Transformations of "Emptiness" on the Idea of Sunyata and the Thought of Abe and the Kyoto School of Philosophy, in Journal of Ecumenical Studies (Includes discussion of Nishitani Keiji) » Read Now
by Gregory K. Ornatowski. 23 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library
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Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School, & the Question of Nationalism ("Nishitani Keiji and the Question of Nationalism" begins on p. 316) » Read Now
by James W. Heisig, John C. Maraldo. 384 pgs.

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To many scholars in the world of religious studies, Zen is a world apart from the world of politics, and the philosophy of the Kyoto school is a politically neutral blend of intellectual traditions East and West, Buddhist and Christian. This volume challenges those assumptions by focusing on the...
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To many scholars in the world of religious studies, Zen is a world apart from the world of politics, and the philosophy of the Kyoto school is a politically neutral blend of intellectual traditions East and West, Buddhist and Christian. This volume challenges those assumptions by focusing on the question of nationalism in the work of Japanese Buddhist thinkers during and after the Pacific War. Fifteen Japanese and Western scholars offer a variety of critical perspectives concerning the political responsibility of intellectuals and the concrete historical consequences of working within a religious or philosophical tradition. The first group of essays debates the role of Zen Buddhism in wartime Japan. A second group of essays examines the political thought and activities of Nishida Kitaro, the doyen of the Kyoto school. A third group of essays questions the complicity of other philosophers of the Kyoto school in the wartime spirit of nationalism and analyzes the ideas of modernity and the modern nation-state then current in Japan. This carefully documented volume offers a wealth of information and reflection for those interested in prewar and wartime history, Zen, Japanese philosophy, and the problem of nationalism today.
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Fifty Eastern Thinkers ("Nishitani Keiji 1900-1991" begins on p. 396) » Read Now
by Diané Collinson, Kathryn Plant, Robert Wilkinson. 426 pgs.

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Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of study. The authors have drawn together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions from the earliest times to the present day. The...
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Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of study. The authors have drawn together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions from the earliest times to the present day. The philosophers covered range from founder figures such as Zoroaster and Confucius to modern thinkers such as Fung Youlan and the present Dalai Lama. Introductions to major traditions and a glossary of key philosophical terms make this a comprehensive and accessible reference resource.
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Spirituality and Emptiness: The Dynamics of Spiritual Life in Buddhism and Christianity (Discussion of Nishitani Keiji begins on p. 31) » Read Now
by Donald W. Mitchell. 224 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Juxtaposes the views of Japanese Buddhists of the Kyoto School with those of traditional Christian spirituality by focusing on the Buddhist concept of Emptiness and the key theological issue of Kenosis, the process of self-emptying.
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Heidegger and Asian Thought ("Reflections on Two Addresses by Martin Heidegger" by Keiji Nishitani begins on p. 145) » Read Now
by Graham Parkes. 282 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library