Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the English Edition ix
4. Orientation
5. 1.the kyoto school 3
6. 2. japanese philosophy as world philosophy 7
7. 3 .The Background of Western Philosophy in Japan 9
8. 4 .Working Assumptions of the Kyoto Philosophers 13
9. 5. The Matter of Language 17
10. 6 .The Study of the Kyoto School in the West 21
11. 7. Arrangement of the Material 23
12. Nishida Kitarõ (1870–1945)
13. 8. Nishida’s Life and Career 29
14. 9 .Nishida’s Philosophical Style 32
15. 10. An Adventure of Ideas 36
16. 11 .The Quest of the Absolute 39
17. 12. The Absolute as Pure Experience 42
18. 13. The Absolute as Will 47
19. 14 .Self-Awareness 49
20. 15. Active Intuition, Knowing by Becoming 53
21. 16 .Art and Morality as Self-Expression 56
22. 17. Absolute Nothingness 61
23. 18. Identity and Opposition 64
24. 19 .The Historical World 68
25. 20 .The Logic of Locus 72
26. 21. Subject, Predicate, and Universal 75
27. 22 .Self and Other 79
28. 23. Love and Responsibility 83
29. 24. Japanese Culture, World Culture 86
30. 25 .The Turn to Political Philosophy 90
31. 26. Rudiments of a Political Philosophy 95
32. 27. Religion, God, and Inverse Correlation 99
33. Tanabe Hajime. (1885–1962)
34. 28. Tanabe’s Life and Career 107
35. 29. Tanabe’s Philosophical Style 110
36. 30. Pure Experience, Objective Knowledge, Morality 113
37. 31 .Pure Relationship, Absolute Mediation 116
38. 32 .A Reinterpretation of Absolute Nothingness 118
39. 33 .The Origins of the Logic of the Specific 122
40. 34. The Specific and the Sociocultural World 125
41. 35 .The Specific and the Nation 130
42. 36. An Ambivalent Nationalism 134
43. 37 .Critiques of Tanabe’s Nationalism 139
44. 38. Critiques of Tanabe’s Political Naïveté 143
45. 39 .Response to the Criticisms 146
46. 40. Repentance 151
47. 41 .Philosophizing the Repentance 154
48. 42 .The Logic of Absolute Critique 157
49. 43 .Religious Act, Religious Witness 162
50. 44. Self and Self-Awareness 165
51. 45. A Synthesis of Religions 171
52. 46. A Dialectics of Death 175
53. Nishitani Keiji (1900–1990)
54. 47 .Nishitani’s Life and Career 183
55. 48. Nishitani’s Philosophical Style 187
56. 49. A Starting Point in Nihilism 191
57. 50 .Elemental Subjectivity 193
58. 51. A Philosophy for Nationalism 195
59. 52. Historical Necessity 200
60. 53 .Moral Energy and All-Out War 204
61. 54. Overcoming Modernity 208
62. 55. The Religious Dimension of the Political 211
63. 56. Overcoming Nihilism 215
64. 57. From Nihilism to Emptiness 217
65. 58. Emptiness as a Standpoint 222
66. 59. Emptiness as the Homeground of Being 224
67. 60 .Ego and Self 228
68. 61. Self, Other, and Ethics 233
69. 62. Science and Nature 238
70. 63. Time and History 242
71. 64. God 245
72. 65. The Embodiment of Awareness 249
73. 66. The Critique of Religion 252
74. Prospectus
75. 67 .Placing the Kyoto School 259
76. 68. Studying the Kyoto School 261
77. 69 .Questions for World Philosophy 263
78. 70. The Encounter between Buddhism and Christianity 267
79. 71. Philosophy and Religion, East and West 269
80. Notes 273
81. Bibliography 345
82. Index 369