Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Conventions and Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I Grounding the Conceptual Analysis
7. Chapter 1 From uji to Philosophy and Back: Thoughts on Methodology 11
8. Chapter 2 Placing Dōgen in Time: Cultural Constellation, Chronology, Agenda 27
9. Chapter 3 Time Expressed: Chronography in Dōgen’s Works 49
10. Chapter 4 Chronopolitics: Time Regimes and the Social Language of Time 73
11. Part II Chrononoetics: Understanding Time
12. Introduction 117
13. Chapter 5 Building Blocks and Early Approaches 119
14. Chapter 6 Time in “What Is:Time” 137
15. Chapter 7 Karma and the “Consummate Now” 161
16. Part III Conclusions and After-Thoughts
17. Chapter 8 Dōgen’s Concept of Time in Context 181
18. Chapter 9 After-Thoughts: Dimensions of Contemporary Significance 203
19. Appendix 1 Translation of Uji (“What Is:Time”) 221
20. Appendix 2 Titles of Dōgen’s Writings and Other Original Sources 229
21. Notes 235
22. Bibliography 293
23. Index of Names 313
24. Index of Terms 317