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Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) is considered Japan’s greatest modern philosopher. As the founder of the Kyoto School, he initiated a rigorous philosophical engagement with Western philosophy, including the work of Karl Marx. Bradley Kaye explores the political aspects of Nishida’s thought, placing his work in connection with Marxism and Zen. Developing concepts of self-awareness, Basho, dialectical materialism, circulation, will, nothingness, and the state. Nishida’s thought offers an ethics of personal will that radical awakening that offers clarity in a seemingly hopeless world.


Table of Contents

Introduction: The Struggle is Real

Chapter 1: Buddhist Marxism: a Communist Hermeneutics

Chapter 2: Samsara, Pervasion, and Conditioned Co-Production

Chapter 3: What is Communism? Mu!

Chapter 4: Kokka Minzoku (State Nation) and Minzoku Kokka (Nation State)

Chapter 5: Nishida Kitarō and the Later Marx: Ground Rent, Utopia and the Pure Land

Bibliography

Index

Marx after the Kyoto School: Utopia and the Pure

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/02/2022
      ISBN13: 9781538154076, 978-1538154076
      ISBN10: 1538154072

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) is considered Japan’s greatest modern philosopher. As the founder of the Kyoto School, he initiated a rigorous philosophical engagement with Western philosophy, including the work of Karl Marx. Bradley Kaye explores the political aspects of Nishida’s thought, placing his work in connection with Marxism and Zen. Developing concepts of self-awareness, Basho, dialectical materialism, circulation, will, nothingness, and the state. Nishida’s thought offers an ethics of personal will that radical awakening that offers clarity in a seemingly hopeless world.


      Table of Contents

      Introduction: The Struggle is Real

      Chapter 1: Buddhist Marxism: a Communist Hermeneutics

      Chapter 2: Samsara, Pervasion, and Conditioned Co-Production

      Chapter 3: What is Communism? Mu!

      Chapter 4: Kokka Minzoku (State Nation) and Minzoku Kokka (Nation State)

      Chapter 5: Nishida Kitarō and the Later Marx: Ground Rent, Utopia and the Pure Land

      Bibliography

      Index

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