Zen & philosophy
Subtitle: an intellectual biography of Nishida Kitarō
By: Michiko Yusa.
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Honolulu, HI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
Subjects: Nishida, Kitarō, 1870-1945
Other titles: Zen and philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-453) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Raimon Panikkar vii; title: Acknowledgments xiii; title: Introduction xv; title: Conventions and Abbreviations xxv; title: Prologue 1; title: 1. Childhood: "White Sand, Green Pine Needles" (1870-1886) 5; title: 2. Mathematics or Philosophy? (1886-1891) 16; title: 3. The Imperial University (1891-1894) 30; title: The Limited Status Program at the College of Humanities at the; title: Imperial University around 1891-1892 41; title: 4. Existential Impasse and Zen Practice (1894-1899) 45; title: 5. Toward Kensho: An Inner Journey (1899-1904) 59; title: Nishida's Letter to D. T. Suzuki concerning Zen Practice 73; title: 6. The Birth of a Philosopher (1904-1907) 76; title: In Memory of My Deceased Child 90; title: 7. Pure Experience and On Religion (1908-1909) 96; title: 8. Gakushfin in Tokyo: AYear of Transition (1909-1910) 103; title: On Lafcadio Hearn 113; title: 9. Kyoto Imperial University: Early Years (1910-1912) 117; title: 10. Consolidation of the Philosophy Department (1913-1917) 135; title: 11. Correspondence with Tanabe Hajime (1913-1917) 151; title: 12. The Calm before the Storm (1917-1919) 161; title: 13. Sorrows of Life and Philosophy (1919-1922) 171; title: 14. The Nishida-Einstein Connection (1920-1922) 185; title: 15. An Inner Struggle and a Breakthrough (1923-1925) 188; title: 16. The Logic of the Topos (1924-1926) 202; title: 17. Retirement (1926-1929) 210; title: A Retirement Speech of a Professor 224; title: 18. Formation of the Kyoto School of Philosophy (1929-1932) 227; title: 19. Remarriage and Nishida's View of Women (1927-1931) 234; title: From a Letter to Watsuji Tetsur 245; title: Even the Cat Is Dead 246; title: 20. Development of Personalist Dialectics (1932-1934) 248; title: 21. Education and Scholarship under Fascism (1935-1937) 262; title: On the Scholarly Method: A Public Talk at Hibiya Park 271; title: 22. Dark Political Undercurrent (1936-1937) 278; title: 23. The Dialectical World as the Absolutely Contradictory; title: Self-Identity (1938-1940) 290; title: My Philosophical Path 301; title: 24. History, State, and the Individual (1940-1941) 305; title: A New Year's Lecture to the Emperor: On the Philosophy of History 314; title: 25. Finale (1942-1945) 319; title: In Memory of My Eldest Daughter, Ueda Yayoi 332; title: Epilogue 336; title: Notes 341; title: Glossary 403; title: Bibliography 423; title: Index 455.