Kyoto School Philosophy in Comparative Perspective
Ideology, Ontology, Modernity
Abstract
Kyoto School Philosophy in Comparative Perspective: Ideology, Ontology, Modernity presents the thought of the Kyoto School, the most famous Japanese philosophical movement of the twentieth century, by comparing the philosophy of its most representative members—Nishida and Nishitani—with some better known thinkers in the West: Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Paul Ricœur, and Michel Henry. Bernard Stevens highlights the proximity of this movement of thought to the European phenomenological current that influenced it. However, the book also addresses an eminently problematic reality: the affiliation of some of its members with the militarism of the 1930s and 1940s. The political philosophers Arendt and Maruyama provide useful guidance here, in clarifying one of the central issues of this episode: the ideology of "overcoming modernity", supported by some of the younger disciples of Nishida. This book proposes intellectual conditions for both critical and appreciative receptions of one of the most fascinating philosophical adventures of the twentieth century.
Schlagworte
Merleau-Ponty Michel Henry Buddhism Heidegger Husserl Japanese philosophy hermeneutics Political philosophy comparative philosophy overcoming modernity continental philosophy critical theory- 1–24 Introduction 1–24
- 123–132 Self in Space 123–132
- 141–150 Conclusion 141–150
- 151–162 Bibliography 151–162
- 163–170 Index 163–170
- 171–172 About the Author 171–172