The Kyoto School and International Relations : Non-Western Attempts for a New World Order

"The Kyoto School and International Relations explores the Kyoto School's challenge to transcend the 'Western' domination over the 'rest' of the world, and the issues this raises for contemporary 'non-Western' and 'Global IR' literature. Was the support of Kyoto School thinkers inevitable due to the despotism of military government, thus nothing to do with their philosophy, or a logical extension of their philosophical engagement? The book answers this question by investigating individual Kyoto School philosophers in detail. The author argues that any attempts to transcend the 'West' are destined to be drawn into power politics as far as they uncritically adopt and use the prevailing ontological concept of linear progressive time and dominant meta-narrative of Westphalia. Thus, to fully understand this problem, there is the need to be cautious of the power of language of Westphalia and the concept of time in IR. Aimed at students and scholars of IR Theory, Japanese Politics and East Asian IR in general, this book provides some introductory explanations of these academic subjects, developing a theory based on the concepts of time and language of Kyoto School philosophy"-- Provided by publisher The Kyoto School and International Relations explores the Kyoto School's challenge to transcend the 'Western' domination over the 'rest' of the world, and the issues this raises for contemporary 'non-Western' and 'Global IR' literature. Cover 1 Endorsement Page 2 Half Title 4 Series Page 5 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Dedication 8 Table of Contents 10 Note on Names and Translations 11 Preface 12 Chapter 1 Introduction 18 Chapter 2 East Asian IR Revisited 31 Chapter 3 Encounter, Transformation of Time and Self-Colonisation: The Japanese Modernisation 45 Chapter 4 Nishida Kitaro and Tanbae Hajime: The First Generation of the School 59 Chapter 5 The Transcendental Whole and ‘Inclusiveness’: The Discourse of the Big 4 76 Chapter 6 Miki Kisyoshi’s Philosophy of Imagination: Towards Everyday Life 93 Chapter 7 Tosaka Jun’s Theory of Critical Relationality: Morality of Everydayness 112 Chapter 8 The Reception of the Kyoto School Philosophy in the Post-war Era 128 Chapter 9 Bringing Bodily Experience Back In Post-war Japanese IR 141 Chapter 10 Conclusion: Towards a Mahāyāna Buddhist IR? 158 Bibliography 172 Index 185 Japan;,Imperial;,Non-Western;,Kyoto,School;,Philosophy;,Militarism;,Buddhist;,Nishida,Kitaro;,Westphalia;,East,Asia;,Miki,Kisyoshi;,Tosaka,Jun;,Tanbae,Hajime;,International,Relations;,World,Order Japan,Imperial,Non-Western,Kyoto School,Philosophy,Militarism,Buddhist,Nishida Kitaro,Westphalia,East Asia,Miki Kisyoshi,Tosaka Jun,Tanbae Hajime,International Relations,World Order