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Religion and Nothingness (Paperback, Reprint)
Keiji Nishitani; Translated by Jan Van Bragt; Foreword by Winston L. King; Introduction by Jan Van Bragt
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In "Religion and Nothingness" the leading representative of the
Kyoto School of Philosophy lays the foundation of thought for a
world in the making, for a world united beyond the differences of
East and West. Keiji Nishitani notes the irreversible trend of
Western civilization to nihilism, and singles out the conquest of
nihilism as "the" task for contemporary philosophy. Nihility, or
relative nothingness, can only be overcome by being radicalized to
Emptiness, or absolute nothingness. Taking absolute nothingness as
the fundamental notion in rational explanations of the Eastern
experience of human life, Professor Nishitani examines the
relevance of this notion for contemporary life, and in particular
for Western philosophical theories and religious believes.
Everywhere his basic intention remains the same: to direct our
modern predicament to a resolution through this insight.
The challenge that the thought of Keiji Nishitani presents to the
West, as a modern version of an Eastern speculative tradition that
is every bit as old and as variegated as our own, is one that
brings into unity the principle of reality and the principle of
salvation. In the process, one traditional Western idea after
another comes under scrutiny: the dichotomy of faith and reason, of
being and substance, the personal and transcendent notions of God,
the exaggerated role given to the knowing ego, and even the
Judeo-Christian view of history itself.
"Religion and Nothingness" represents the major work of one of
Japan's most powerful and committed philosophical minds.
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