Marx after the Kyoto School: Utopia and the Pure Land (CEACOP East Asian Comparative Ethics, Politics and Philosophy of Law)

Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) is considered Japan’s greatest modern philosopher. As the founder of the Kyoto School, he initiated a rigorous philosophical engagement with Western philosophy, including the work of Karl Marx. Bradley Kaye explores the political aspects of Nishida’s thought, placing his work in connection with Marxism and Zen. Developing concepts of self-awareness, Basho, dialectical materialism, circulation, will, nothingness, and the state. Nishida’s thought offers an ethics of personal will that radical awakening that offers clarity in a seemingly hopeless world. Contents Introduction: The Struggle Is Real 1 Buddhist Marxism: A Communist Hermeneutics 2 Samsara, Pervasion, and Conditioned Coproduction 2a Dialectics: Ideology, Reproduction, and the Falling Rate of Profit 3 What Is Communism? Mu! 4 Kokka Minzoku (State Nation) ~ Minzoku Kokka (Nation State) 5 Nishida Kitarō and the Later Marx: Ground Rent, Utopia, and the Pure Land Acknowledgments Bibliography Index "Showing key connections between Marx's oeuvre and Buddhist thought, this book demonstrates connections between Marx and Nishida Kitaro, who many consider the key Japanese philosopher of the Kyoto School of Philosophy, the first modern philosophers in Japan"-- Provided by publisher