Japanese Environmental Philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780190456320
Subjects: Human ecology; Environmental policy, japan; Environmental ethics
Description: Japanese Environmental Philosophy is an anthology that responds to the environmental problems of the 21st century by drawing from Japanese philosophical traditions to investigate our relationships with other humans, nonhuman animals, and the environment. It contains chapters from fifteen top scholars from Japan, the United States, and Europe. The essays cover a broad range of Japanese thought, including Zen Buddhism, Shintoism, the Kyoto School, Japanese art and aesthetics, and traditional Japanese culture.