Japanese and Continental Philosophy: Conversations with the Kyoto School (Studies in Continental Thought)

Recognizing the importance of the Kyoto School and its influence on philosophy, politics, religion, and Asian studies, Japanese and Continental Philosophy initiates a conversation between Japanese and Western philosophers. The essays in this cross-cultural volume put Kyoto School thinkers in conversation with German Idealism, Nietzsche, phenomenology, and other figures and schools of the continental tradition such as Levinas and Irigaray. Set in the context of global philosophy, this volume offers critical, innovative, and productive dialogue between some of the most influential philosophical figures from East and West. Recognizing The Importance Of The Kyoto School & Its Influence On Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Asian Studies, This Text Seeks To Initiate A Conversation Between Japanese & Western Philosophers. Contributions To Dialogue With The Kyoto School / Ueda Shizuteru -- Dialogue And Appropriation : The Kyoto School As Cross-cultural Philosophy / Bret W. Davis -- Tanabe Hajime's Logic Of Species And The Philosophy Of Nishida Kitar : A Critical Dialogue Within The Kyoto School / Sugimoto Koichi -- Philosophy As Auto-bio-graphy : The Example Of The Kyoto School / Hashi Ryosuke -- Nishitani After Nietzsche : From The Death Of God To The Great Death Of The Will / Bret W. Davis -- Empty Soul, Empty World : Nietzsche And Nishitani / David Jones -- Ueda Shizuteru's Phenomenology Of Self And World : Critical Dialogues With Descartes, Heidegger, And Merleau-ponty / Steffen Döll -- Nothing Gives : Marion And Nishida On Gift-giving And God / John C. Maraldo -- Language Games, Selflessness, And The Death Of God : A Theology In Contemporary Zen Philosophy And Deconstruction / Gereon Kopf -- Buddha And God : Nishida's Contributions To A New Apocalyptic Theology / Thomas J.j. Altizer -- Other-power And Absolute Passivity In Tanabe And Levinas / Brian Schroeder -- Beyond The Binary : Watsuji Testuro And Luce Irigaray On Body, Self, And Ethics / Erin Mccarthy -- Overcoming Modernity : A Critical Response To The Kyoto School / Bernard Stevens -- Heidegger And Japanese Fascism : An Unsubstantiated Connection / Graham Parkes -- The Middle Voice Of Emptiness : Nishida And Nishitani / Rolf Elberfeld -- Truly Nothing : The Kyoto School And Art / Jason M. Wirth -- Logos And Pathos : Miki Kiyoshi's Logic Of The Imagination / Fujita Masakatsu. Edited By Bret W. Davis, Brian Schroeder, And Jason M. Wirth. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Abbreviations of Works by the Kyoto School 12 Introduction: Conversations on an Ox Path 16 Part 1. The Kyoto School and Dialogue 32 1 Contributions to Dialogue with the Kyoto School 34 2 Dialogue and Appropriation: The Kyoto School as Cross-Cultural Philosophy 48 3 Tanabe Hajime’s Logic of Species and the Philosophy of Nishida Kitarō 67 Part 2. Self and World 84 4 Philosophy as Auto-Bio-Graphy: The Example of the Kyoto School 86 5 Nishitani after Nietzsche: From the Death of God to the Great Death of the Will 97 6 Empty Soul, Empty World: Nietzsche and Nishitani 117 7 Ueda Shizuteru’s Phenomenology of Self and World 135 Part 3. God and Nothingness 154 8 Nothing Gives: Marion and Nishida on Gift-giving and God 156 9 Language Games, Selflessness, and the Death of God 175 10 Buddha and God: Nishida’s Contributions to a New Apocalyptic Theology 194 Part 4. Ethics and Politics 206 11 Other-Power and Absolute Passivity in Tanabe and Levinas 208 12 Beyond the Binary: Watsuji Testurō and Luce Irigaray on Body, Self, and Ethics 227 13 Overcoming Modernity: A Critical Response to the Kyoto School 244 14 Heidegger and Japanese Fascism: An Unsubstantiated Connection 262 Part 5. Grammar, Art, and Imagination 282 15 The Middle Voice of Emptiness: Nishida and Nishitani 284 16 Truly Nothing: The Kyoto School and Art 301 17 Logos and Pathos: Miki Kiyoshi’s Logic of the Imagination 320 List of Contributors 334 Index 340 ISBN,9780253355447,(cloth,:,alk.,paper),—,ISBN,9780253222541,(pbk.,:,alk.,paper) Indiana University Press