Inoue Enryō : A Philosophical Portrait / Rainer Schulzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulzer, Rainer, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inoue, Enryō, 1858-1919.

Inoue, Enryō.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Rainer Schulzer provides the first comprehensive study, in English, of the modern Japanese philosopher Inoue Enryō (1858–1919). Enryō was a key figure in several important intellectual trends in Meiji Japan, including the establishment of academic philosophy, the public campaign against superstition, the permeation of imperial ideology, and the emergence of modern Japanese Buddhism. As one of the most widely read intellectuals of his time and one of the first Japanese authors ever translated into Chinese, an understanding of Enryō's work and influence is indispensable for understanding modern East Asian intellectual history. His role in spreading the terminology of modern East Asian humanities reveals how later thinkers such as Nishida Kitarō and Suzuki T. Daisetsu emerged; while his key principles, Love of Truth and Protection of Country, illustrate the tensions inherent in Enryō's enlightenment views and his dedication to the rise of the Japanese empire. The book also presents a systematic reconstruction of what was the first attempt to give Buddhism a sound philosophical foundation for the modern world.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Prologue

Part I Toward the Eastern Capital

Imperial Restoration

Civilization and Enlightenment

The True Pure Land School

New Buddhism

Scientific Religion

Interlude on Occidentalism

Part II The Love of Truth

A New Culture of Discussion

Language Modernization

Positive Truth

Tokyo University

The X‑Club

Crossroads of World Philosophy

The Love of Truth

Upward Philosophy

In the Paradigm of Philosophy

Interlude on Enlightenment

Part III The Protection of Country

The Truth and the Good

Man of the World

Education

Japanese Ethics and National Polity

Mystery Studies

The Philosophy Academy Incident

Crisis and Resignation

Darwinism and Empire

Late Life

Interlude on Progress

Part IV The Philosophy of Buddhism

Not Kantian

Identity Realism

deus sive natura

Historical Critique

Living Buddhism

Peace of Mind

Religious Pragmatism

The Mahāyāna

Causality

Institutional Reform

In the Temple Garden of Philosophy

Abbreviations

Chronological Table of Inoue Enryō’s Life

Cited Works by Inoue Enryō

Chinese Translations of Inoue Enryō’s Works

Notes

Works Cited

Glossary of Sino-Japanese Terms

Index of Names and Western Terms

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jul 2024)

ISBN:

9781438471884

1438471882

OCLC:

1084268860