Graham Mayeda is associate professor of law at the University of Ottawa.

• ContentsChapter 1: Japanese Cultural and Social Philosophy in ContextChapter 2: Watsuji Tetsuro’s Early Views on Culture: A Study of Pilgrimages to the Ancient Temples in Nara (Koji Junrei)Chapter 3: The Development of Watsuji’s Theory of Culture and Climate: An Interpretation of FudoChapter 4: Watsuji’s Three Climatic and Cultural Zones: Anti-Essentialist and Deterministic ReadingsChapter 5: Kuki’s Hermeneutic Approach to the Floating World – Iki as the Living Form of Japanese IdealismChapter 6: Kuki and Heidegger – The Method for Interpreting CultureChapter 7: Kuki Shuzo's Concepts of Culture and Society -- The Intuition at the Heart of EthicsChapter 8: Nishida: Who I Am and Who You AreChapter 9: Nishida’s Views on Morality and Culture: The Moral Individual and the Moral CultureConclusionWorks CitedAbout the Author

Graham Mayeda is associate professor of law at the University of Ottawa.

• ContentsChapter 1: Japanese Cultural and Social Philosophy in ContextChapter 2: Watsuji Tetsuro’s Early Views on Culture: A Study of Pilgrimages to the Ancient Temples in Nara (Koji Junrei)Chapter 3: The Development of Watsuji’s Theory of Culture and Climate: An Interpretation of FudoChapter 4: Watsuji’s Three Climatic and Cultural Zones: Anti-Essentialist and Deterministic ReadingsChapter 5: Kuki’s Hermeneutic Approach to the Floating World – Iki as the Living Form of Japanese IdealismChapter 6: Kuki and Heidegger – The Method for Interpreting CultureChapter 7: Kuki Shuzo's Concepts of Culture and Society -- The Intuition at the Heart of EthicsChapter 8: Nishida: Who I Am and Who You AreChapter 9: Nishida’s Views on Morality and Culture: The Moral Individual and the Moral CultureConclusionWorks CitedAbout the Author