Japanese environmental philosophy / edited by J. Baird Callicott and James McRae.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Callicott, J. Baird, editor.

McRae, James, 1976- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics--Japan.

Environmental ethics.

Human ecology--Japan--Philosophy.

Human ecology.

Environmental policy--Moral and ethical aspects--Japan.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 310 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Comparative environmental philosophy is valuable in many ways. Perhaps it is most valuable because it reveals some of the foundational assumptions that run so deep in the poles of comparison that they might otherwise have gone unnoticed. These revelations may invite us to challenge those assumptions that have led to the kind of thinking responsible for much of the environmental degradation that we see today. 'Japanese Environmental Philosophy' gathers papers focused on the environmental problems of the 21st century. Drawing from Japanese philosophical traditions they investigate our relationships with other humans, nonhuman animals, and the environment.

Contents:

Thinking the Ambient : On the Possibility of Shizengaku (Naturing Science) / 1. Augustin Berque

Pure Land Ecology : Taking the Supernatural Seriously in Environmental Philosophy / Leah Kalmanson

From Kyosei to Kyoe : Symbiotic Flourishing in Japanese Environmental Ethics / James McRae

Kukai And Dogen as Exemplars of Ecological Engagement / Graham Parkes

Sensation, Betweenness, Rhythms : Watsuji's Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Conversation with Heidegger / Inutsuka Yu

Climate Change as Existentialist Threat : Watsuji, Greimas, and the Nature of Opposites / Steve Bein

Whitehead's Perspectivism as a Basis for Environmental Ethics & Aesthetics : A Process View on the Japanese Concept of Nature / Steve Oden

Japanese Gardens : The Art of Improving Nature / Yuriko Saito

Kuki Shuzo and Platonism : Nature, Love, and Morality / Yamauchi Tomosaburo

Recollecting Local Narratives for the Land Ethic / Toyoda Mitsuyo

Recognizing the Crucial Role of Culture in Japanese Environmental Philosophy / Midori Kagawa-Fox

Kagura : Embodying Environmental Philosophy in the Japanese Performing Arts / Goda Hiroko

Disaster Prevention as an Issue in Environmental Ethics / Takahashi Takao

Non-Dualism after Fukushima? : Tracing Dogen's Teaching vis-à-vis Nuclear Disaster / Masato Ishida

Planetary Philosophy and Social Consensus Building / Kuwako Toshio.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-068326-0

0-19-045635-3

0-19-045634-5