Kierkegaard and Japanese Thought / edited by J. Giles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giles, James, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--History.

Philosophy.

Philosophy, Modern.

History of Philosophy.

Early Modern Philosophy.

Local Subjects:

History of Philosophy.

Early Modern Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2008.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kierkegaard knew nothing of Japanese philosophy yet the links between his own ideas and Japanese philosophers are remarkable. The book examines Kierkegaard in terms of Shinto, Pure Land Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, the Samurai, the famous Kyoto school of Japanese philosophers, and in terms of pivotal Japanese thinkers who were influenced by Kierkegaard.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Notes on the Editor and Contributors; Editorial Note; 1 Introduction: Kierkegaard among the Temples of Kamakura; 2 A Short History of Kierkegaard's Reception in Japan; 3 Japanese Pure Land Buddhism and Kierkegaard; 4 A Zen Understanding of Kierkegaard's Existential Thought; 5 To Practise One Thing: Kierkegaard through the Eyes of Do gen; 6 Aeterno Modo: the Expression of an Integral Consciousness in the Work of Kierkegaard and Dōgen; 7 Truth, Paradox, and Silence: Hakuin and Kierkegaard; 8 Living with Death: Kierkegaard and the Samurai

9 Kierkegaard and Nishida: Ways to the Non-Substantial10 The Religious Thought of Nishida and Kierkegaard; 11 Kobayashi's Spirit of Unselfishness and Kierkegaard's Faith; 12 Mori and Kierkegaard: Experience and Existence; 13 Otani: a Kierkegaardian Fellow of the Dead; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611976316

9781281976314

1281976318

9780230589827

0230589820

OCLC:

314769785