Masakatsu Fujita – författare

Vorwort – Einleitung I. Die Ansätze zur Problematik von ›Philosophie und Religion‹: die Rehabilitierung der Subjektivität. 1. Aufklärung und Herz – a) Subjektive Religion – b) Vernunftreligion – c) Volksreligion – 2. Kantianismus und Kritik an der christlichen Religion – a) Der Primat der Vernunft – b) Die Geschichte Jesu als eines Lehrers der Tugend – c) Das Scheitern der moralischen Religion Jesu und die Positivität der Religion – 3. Annäherung an die Philosophie (Auseinandersetzung mit der Schellingschen Kant-Kritik) – a) Der Gottesbegriff beim jungen Schelling und beim jungen Hegel – b) Schellings Philosophie des "Ich" und das Problem des höchsten Gutes – c) Die Gottheit oder "das Ewige in uns" II. Philosophie und Religion, oder die Erhebung zum unendlichen Leben. 1. Die neue Begründung der Religion – a) Liebe – b) Sein – c) Die Konzeption einer "schönen" Religion und die Kant-Kritik – d) Leben – 2. Schellings Begriff des Lebens – a) Der Ansatz zur Naturphilosophie und der Lebensbegriff – b) Individualität und Leben – c) Weltseele und Leben – 3. Das ›Systemfragment‹ von 1800: Reflexion und Religion – a) Das durch die Reflexion fixierte Leben – b) Das unendliche Leben und die Religion – 4. Der Übergang zur Metaphysik III. Reflexion und Spekulation: die metaphysische Entwicklung der Problematik von ›Philosophie und Religion‹. 1. Die Entstehung der Identitätsphilosophie Schellings – a) Schellings Weg zur Identitätsphilosophie – b) Die spekulative Erkenntnis der absoluten Identität – 2. Hegels Konzeption der spekulativen Philosophie und die Auseinandersetzung mit Schelling – a) Bedürfnis der Philosophie – b) Die Spekulation als Synthesis von Reflexion und Anschauung – c) Die Identität der Identität und der Nichtidentität Zusammenfassung und Ausblick – Literaturverzeichnis – Personenregister – Sachregister

The main purpose of this book is to offer to philosophers and students abroad who show a great interest in Japanese philosophy and the philosophy of the Kyoto school major texts of the leading philosophers. This interest has surely developed out of a desire to obtain from the thought of these philosophers, who stood within the interstice between East and West, a clue to reassessing the issues of philosophy from the ground up or to drawing new creative possibilities.The present condition seems to be, however, that the material made available to further realize this kind of intellectual dialogue is far too scarce. This book is intended to be of some help in this regard.The book presents selected texts of representative philosophers of the Kyoto school such as Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, Miki Kiyoshi, Nishitani Keiji, and others who best illustrate the characteristics of this school, and works that together portray its image as a whole. Those who are interested in Japanese philosophy or specifically the philosophy of the Kyoto School can survey a comprehensive representation from this book.These texts are, of course, quite difficult and cannot be well understood without sufficient preliminary knowledge. Expository essays have therefore been included after each text to provide guidance. In each of these commentaries a scholar of our time with deep understanding of the philosopher in question has provided an account of his life, intellectual journey, and the significance of the text included here.From this book will emerge a new dialogue of ideas that in turn will engender new developments in philosophy, thereby further expanding the network of philosophical thought worldwide.

The main purpose of this book is to offer to philosophers and students abroad who show a great interest in Japanese philosophy and the philosophy of the Kyoto school major texts of the leading philosophers. This interest has surely developed out of a desire to obtain from the thought of these philosophers, who stood within the interstice between East and West, a clue to reassessing the issues of philosophy from the ground up or to drawing new creative possibilities.The present condition seems to be, however, that the material made available to further realize this kind of intellectual dialogue is far too scarce. This book is intended to be of some help in this regard.The book presents selected texts of representative philosophers of the Kyoto school such as Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, Miki Kiyoshi, Nishitani Keiji, and others who best illustrate the characteristics of this school, and works that together portray its image as a whole. Those who are interested in Japanese philosophy or specifically the philosophy of the Kyoto School can survey a comprehensive representation from this book.These texts are, of course, quite difficult and cannot be well understood without sufficient preliminary knowledge. Expository essays have therefore been included after each text to provide guidance. In each of these commentaries a scholar of our time with deep understanding of the philosopher in question has provided an account of his life, intellectual journey, and the significance of the text included here.From this book will emerge a new dialogue of ideas that in turn will engender new developments in philosophy, thereby further expanding the network of philosophical thought worldwide.

The main purpose of this book is to offer to philosophers and students abroad who show a great interest in Japanese philosophy and the philosophy of the Kyoto school major texts of the leading philosophers. This interest has surely developed out of a desire to obtain from the thought of these philosophers, who stood within the interstice between East and West, a clue to reassessing the issues of philosophy from the ground up or to drawing new creative possibilities.The present condition seems to be, however, that the material made available to further realize this kind of intellectual dialogue is far too scarce. This book is intended to be of some help in this regard.The book presents selected texts of representative philosophers of the Kyoto school such as Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, Miki Kiyoshi, Nishitani Keiji, and others who best illustrate the characteristics of this school, and works that together portray its image as a whole. Those who are interested in Japanese philosophy or specifically the philosophy of the Kyoto School can survey a comprehensive representation from this book.These texts are, of course, quite difficult and cannot be well understood without sufficient preliminary knowledge. Expository essays have therefore been included after each text to provide guidance. In each of these commentaries a scholar of our time with deep understanding of the philosopher in question has provided an account of his life, intellectual journey, and the significance of the text included here.From this book will emerge a new dialogue of ideas that in turn will engender new developments in philosophy, thereby further expanding the network of philosophical thought worldwide.

One of the most important introductions to Japanese philosophy, translated from the original Japanese.The History of Modern Japanese Philosophy attempts to describe the entire history of philosophy in Japan from its introduction in the Meiji period to the present day. It offers philosophers and students in English-speaking countries who are interested in Asian and Japanese philosophy and the philosophy of the Kyoto school the foundational knowledge to understand them. Author Masakatsu Fujita focuses on clarifying how Japanese philosophers have dealt with philosophical problems and developed unique thoughts, drawing not only on Western philosophy but also Eastern thought. They stood within the interstice between East and West to open a new prospect on the world of philosophy. With the help of this book a new dialogue of ideas will emerge that will in turn engender new developments in philosophy and thereby further expand the network of philosophical thinking worldwide.