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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820013703321

Autore

Goto-Jones Christopher S

Titolo

Political philosophy in Japan : Nishida, the Kyoto School and co-prosperity / / Christopher S. Goto-Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-30859-0

1-134-30860-4

1-280-17494-3

0-203-42029-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Leiden series in modern East Asian politics and history

Classificazione

08.45

Disciplina

320/.092

Soggetti

Political science - Japan - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : political philosophy in Japan and the contradictory location of Nishida tetsugaku -- Theorising dissent : intellectuals, language, and political sleight-of-hand -- The politics of harmony and awakening : Confucianism and Buddhism as political thought in Japan -- The early Nishida and the place of Japanese political philosophy -- (Re)locating the later Nishida : ideology and philosophy in wartime Japan -- Nishida's shadow : the Kyoto School and the manipulation of nothingness -- Conclusion : the philosophical site of politics in Japan - Shiso senso, and the defeat of Nishida tetsugaku?

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the politics of Japan's pre-eminent philosophical school - the Kyoto School - and particularly that of its founder, Nishida Kitarò‚ (1870-1945).