Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Philosophy

Michiko Yusa is Professor of Japanese Thought and Intercultural philosophy, Department of Modern & Classical Languages & the Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, USA

This handbook fills a void in the literature in English on contemporary philosophy in Japan, with essays on topics ranging from aesthetics to politics, phenomenology to philosophy of science, and feminism to nuclear power. Its considerable strengths are enhanced by the diversity of the contributors, some of whom are senior scholars in the field and others up-and-coming researchers, some hailing from Japan and others from various countries in the West. A first-rate introduction to this exciting new area of research.

• List of Abbreviation & Conventions Introduction, Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University, USA Part I: Making of Modern Japanese Philosophy: Phenomenology as a Case in Point1. Phenomenology in Japan: Its Inception and Blossoming, Keiichi Noe, Tohoku University, JapanPart II: Social and Political Themes2. Confucianism in Modern Japan, Takahiro Nakajima, The University of Tokyo, Japan3. The Political Thought of the Kyoto School: Beyond 'Questionable Footnotes' and 'Japanese-style Fascism', Kenn N. Steffensen, The University of Cork, Ireland4. Metanoetics for the Dead and the Living: Tanabe Hajime, Karaki Junzo, & Moritaki Ichiro on the Nuclear Age, Nobuo Kazashi, Kobe University, Japan5. In the Wake of 3.11 Earthquake of 2011: Philosophy of Disaster and Pilgrimage, Cheung Ching-yuen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongPart III: Aesthetics6. The Aesthetics of Tradition: Making the Past Present, Michele F. Marra7. Bodily-Present Activity in History—An Artistic Streak in Nishida Kitaro's Thought, Enrico Fongaro, Tohoku University, Japan 8. In Search of an Aesthetics of Emptiness: Two European Thinkers, Raquel Bouso Garcia, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, SpainPart IV: Some Prominent 20th Century Thinkers9. Watsuji Tetsuro: Accidental Buddhist? An Introduction, Steve Bein, University of Dayton, USA 10. Encounter in Emptiness: The I-Thou Relation in Nishitani Keiji’s Philosophy of Zen, Bret W. Davis, Loyola University Maryland, USA11. Creative Imagination, Sensus Communis, and the Social Imaginary: Miki Kiyoshi and Nakamura Yujiro in Dialogue with the Contemporary Western Philosophy, John W. M. Krummel, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA12. Nishida Kitaro as a Philosopher of Science, Keiichi Noe, Tohoku University, JapanPart V: Philosophical Dialogue on Gender & Life13. Japanese and Western Feminist Philosophies: A Dialogue, Erin McCarthy, St. Lawrence University, USA14. Affirmation via Negation: Zen Philosophy of Life, Sexual Desire, and Infinite Love, Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University, USAAppendix: Two Essays by Nishida Kitaro"The Beauty of Calligraphy" "On Japanese Short Poetry, Tanka" About the authors Timeline Index of Japanese texts cited Index of names and terms