Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Preface xi
6. Introduction 1
7. “Overcoming Modernity” and “The Philosophy of World History”
8. Nishitani Keiji and the Bungakukai Symposium “Overcoming Modernity” 23
9. The Chūōkōron Symposia Concerning the Philosophy of World History 41
10. The Unity between the Subject and the Substratum of the State 51
11. The Interpenetration between the National and the International 67
12. The Reciprocal Determination between the Virtual and the Actual 85
13. The Outcomes of the Two Projects at Stake in Japanese National Subjectivity 101
14. A Political Dimension of Nishida Kitarō’s Philosophy of Nothingness
15. Questions Concerning Nishida and Japanese Subjectivity 117
16. Nishida’s Political Thoughts Concerning Japanese National Subjectivity 127
17. The Significance and Problems of Nishida’s Arguments about Kokutai 163
18. Nishida’s Criticism of Hegel with an Eye to Overcoming Western Modernity 179
19. Examining Nishida’s Philosophical Project of Overcoming Western Modernity 217
20. Reconsidering the Issues of Kokutai and Overcoming Modernity 243
21. Conclusion 257
22. Notes 259
23. Bibliography 275
24. Index 283