Nishitani On Buddhism

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8159-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 187 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Six lectures by eminent Buddhist thinker Keiji Nishitani reflecting on Buddhism for the modern world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nishitani, Keiji

Weitere Mitwirkende

Carter, Robert E.

Yamamoto, Seisaku

Van Bragt, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: On Buddhism

Part One: On What I Think about Buddhism

1. The "Inside" and "Outside" of a Religious Organization

2. Opening Up the Self to the World

Part Two: On the Modernization of Buddhism

3. What Is Modernizaton?

4. A Departure from the "Individual"

Part Three: On Conscience

5. In Support of Human Relations

6. To Make Sure of Oneself

Glossary of Japanese Terms
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Seisaku Yamamoto is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Kyoto University, Japan. Carter and Yamamoto are cotranslators of Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku: Ethics in Japan, also published by SUNY Press. Robert E. Carter is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Trent University, Canada. Robert E. Carter is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Trent University, Canada. Carter is the author of Encounter with Enlightenment: A Study of Japanese Ethics, both also published by SUNY Press.