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Philosophers of Nothingness: An Essay on the Kyoto School

By James W. Heisig

Book information

Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9780824863944
DOI
10.1515/9780824863944
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2885418 bytes)
Series
Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture; 18
Pages
396\392
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 16:16:22

Description

The past twenty years have seen the publication of numerous translations and commentaries on the principal philosophers of the Kyoto School, but so far no general overview and evaluation of their thought has been available, either in Japanese or in Western languages. James Heisig, a longstanding participant in these efforts, has filled that gap with Philosophers of Nothingness. In this extensive study, the ideas of Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji are presented both as a consistent school of thought in its own right and as a challenge to the Western philosophical tradition to open itself to the original contribution of Japan.

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