D¿gen's texts

Manifesting Religion and/as Philosophy?
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-42248-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 339 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 593 g

Reihe: Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures

This book addresses the question of how to properly handle Dogen’s texts, a core issue that became critical during the Meiji period in which the philosophical appropriation of Dogen became apparent inside and outside of the monastery. 

In present day Dogen studies, most scholarship is informed by a number of factions representing Dogen.  The chapters herein address: the Zennist (j. zenjoka) emphasising practice, the Genzonians (j. genzoka) shifting the attention to the close reading of Dogen’s texts, the laity movement opening up both the texts and the practice to people in modern society, and the Genzo researchers (j. genzo kenkyuka) searching for the authenticity and truth of Dogen’s writings. 

The book aims to clarify the rightful place of Dogen: in the monastery, in denominational studies, or in modern academic philosophy?  It brings forth various viewpoints on Dogen, and analyzes the relations of these viewpoints from the premodern to modern times.  The collected volume appeals to students and researchers in the field while establishing hermeneutic standards of reading and proposing new, original, and critical interpretations of Dogen’s texts.

Chapter From Uji to Being-time (and Back): Translating Dogen into Philosophy is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wrisley, George

Müller, Ralf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Critical History of Interpretations of an Ambiguous Sho¯bo¯genzo¯ Sentence.- 2. Dogen and the Buddhist Way.- 3. Do¯gen as Philosopher, Do¯gen’s Philosophical Zen.- 4. Incorporating Dogen as philosopher? The example of Nishida Kitaro.- 5. Interpretive Sensibilities in Do¯gen's “Genjo¯ko¯an”. Negotiating the Path Between Textual Authority and Creativeness.- 6. Dogen as Philosopher, Metaphysician, and Metaethicist.- 7. Philosopher, Religious Thinker or Theologian?: Engaging Dogen beyond Zen Modernism.- 8. The Practice of Time and the Time of Practice. Do¯gen and Marcus-Aurelius on Impermanence and Self.- 9. Do Not Lose the Rice: Do¯gen Through the Eyes of Contemporary Western Zen Women.- 10. Engaging with Dogen’s texts: the nonduality of philosophy and religion.- 11. Uji: Analysis of Dogen’s Language Style as the Formation Ground for his Philosophy.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Ralf Mueller works at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.  His Ph.D. Dissertation was on the Zen Buddhist figure, Dogen, the central figure of this present volume. 

Dr. George Wrisley is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Georgia. His areas of expertise are Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Ethics, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche and Buddhism.