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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100190456337

ISBN-139780190456337

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Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJapanese Environmental Philosophy

Publication Year2017

SubjectSocial, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Eastern, Ecology, Public Policy / Environmental Policy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaNature, Political Science, Philosophy

AuthorJames Mcrae

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-035607

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Japanese Environmental Philosophy provides timely perspectives on the ecological exigencies facing our world while also offering essential scholarship in the burgeoning field of Japanese philosophy... [for] it offers fresh perspectives on key debates. The quality of the work in this anthology is excellent. ... Working through the volume the reader will engage with foundational aspects of Japanese cultural, religious, and philosophical traditions, with an eye toward contemporary environmental concerns. Given the mounting ecological crises we are experiencing throughout the world, environmental philosophy should not be confined to a specialized subfield. ... Japanese Environmental Philosophy is a model of how an anthology can open up a space for productive cross-cultural environmental theory and action." -- Philosophy East and West "It is, to my knowledge, one of the most (if not the most) comprehensive collections dealing with environmental philosophy in Japan ... it is abundant in ideas, hints, and clues that can help us develop a new frame of mind to help us deal with contemporary environmental problems. Secondly, it is structured upon the premise that "philosophy" should not be understood in a narrow sense (e.g., the Graeco-European tradition), but broadly as the practice of thinking about the world ... it is clear from their inclusion of thinkers as diverse as Dogen and Kukai, Watsuji and Imanishi that their stance on philosophy is very open and inclusive." -- Roman Pasca, H-Net, "It is, to my knowledge, one of the most (if not the most) comprehensive collections dealing with environmental philosophy in Japan ... it is abundant in ideas, hints, and clues that can help us develop a new frame of mind to help us deal with contemporary environmental problems. Secondly, it is structured upon the premise that "philosophy" should not be understood in a narrow sense (e.g., the Graeco-European tradition), but broadly as the practice of thinking about the world ... it is clear from their inclusion of thinkers as diverse as Dogen and Kukai, Watsuji and Imanishi that their stance on philosophy is very open and inclusive." -- Roman Pasca, H-Net, "Japanese Environmental Philosophy provides timely perspectives on the ecological exigencies facing our world while also offering essential scholarship in the burgeoning field of Japanese philosophy... [for] it offers fresh perspectives on key debates. The quality of the work in this anthology is excellent. ... Working through the volume the reader will engage with foundational aspects of Japanese cultural, religious, and philosophical traditions, withan eye toward contemporary environmental concerns. Given the mounting ecological crises we are experiencing throughout the world, environmental philosophy should not be confined to a specialized subfield. ...Japanese Environmental Philosophy is a model of how an anthology can open up a space for productive cross-cultural environmental theory and action." -- Philosophy East and West"It is, to my knowledge, one of the most (if not the most) comprehensive collections dealing with environmental philosophy in Japan ... it is abundant in ideas, hints, and clues that can help us develop a new frame of mind to help us deal with contemporary environmental problems. Secondly, it is structured upon the premise that "philosophy" should not be understood in a narrow sense (e.g., the Graeco-European tradition), but broadly as the practice of thinkingabout the world ... it is clear from their inclusion of thinkers as diverse as Dogen and Kukai, Watsuji and Imanishi that their stance on philosophy is very open and inclusive." -- Roman Pasca, H-Net, It is, to my knowledge, one of the most (if not the most) comprehensive collections dealing with environmental philosophy in Japan ... it is abundant in ideas, hints, and clues that can help us develop a new frame of mind to help us deal with contemporary environmental problems. Secondly, it is structured upon the premise that "philosophy" should not be understood in a narrow sense (e.g., the Graeco-European tradition), but broadly as the practice of thinking aboutthe world ... it is clear from their inclusion of thinkers as diverse as Dogen and Kukai, Watsuji and Imanishi that their stance on philosophy is very open and inclusive., "Japanese Environmental Philosophy provides timely perspectives on the ecological exigencies facing our world while also offering essential scholarship in the burgeoning field of Japanese philosophy... [for] it offers fresh perspectives on key debates. The quality of the work in this anthology is excellent. ... Working through the volume the reader will engage with foundational aspects of Japanese cultural, religious, and philosophical traditions, with an eye toward contemporary environmental concerns. Given the mounting ecological crises we are experiencing throughout the world, environmental philosophy should not be confined to a specialized subfield. ... Japanese Environmental Philosophy is a model of how an anthology can open up a space for productive cross-cultural environmental theory and action." -- Philosophy East and West"It is, to my knowledge, one of the most (if not the most) comprehensive collections dealing with environmental philosophy in Japan ... it is abundant in ideas, hints, and clues that can help us develop a new frame of mind to help us deal with contemporary environmental problems. Secondly, it is structured upon the premise that "philosophy" should not be understood in a narrow sense (e.g., the Graeco-European tradition), but broadly as the practice of thinking about the world ... it is clear from their inclusion of thinkers as diverse as Dogen and Kukai, Watsuji and Imanishi that their stance on philosophy is very open and inclusive." -- Roman Pasca, H-Net

Dewey Decimal179/.10952

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Contributors Foreword: Back to the Future? Carl B. Becker Introduction J. Baird Callicott and James McRae Section I: Nature in the Japanese Tradition of Thought 1. Thinking the Ambient: On the Possibility of Shizengaku (Naturing Science) Augustin Berque 2. Pure Land Ecology: Taking the Supernatural Seriously in Environmental Philosophy Leah Kalmanson 3. From Kyosei to Kyoei: Symbiotic Flourishing in Japanese Environmental Ethics James McRae Section II: Human Nature and the Environment 4. Kukai and Dogen as Exemplars of Ecological Engagement Graham Parkes 5. Sensation, Betweenness, Rhythms: Watsuji's Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Conversation with Heidegger INUTSUKA Yu 6. Climate Change as Existentialist Threat: Watsuji, Greimas, and the Nature of Opposites Steve Bein Section III: Environmental Aesthetics 7. Whitehead's Perspectivism as a Basis for Environmental Ethics & Aesthetics:A Process View on the Japanese Concept of Nature Steve Odin 8. Japanese Gardens: The Art of Improving Nature Yuriko Saito 9. Kuki Shuzo and Platonism: Nature, Love, and Morality YAMAUCHI Tomosaburo Section IV: Nature and Japanese Culture 10. Recollecting Local Narratives for the Land Ethic TOYODA Mitsuyo 11. Recognizing the Crucial Role of Culture in Japanese Environmental Philosophy Midori Kagawa-Fox 12. Kagura: Embodying Environmental Philosophy in the Japanese Performing Arts GODA Hiroko Section V: Natural Disasters 1. Disaster Prevention as an Issue in Environmental Ethics TAKAHASHI Takao 2. Non-Dualism after Fukushima? Tracing Dogen's Teaching vis-à-vis Nuclear Disaster Masato Ishida 3. Planetary Philosophy and Social Consensus Building KUWAKO Toshio Afterword J. Baird Callicott Index

SynopsisJapanese 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., 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 distinguished scholars from Japan, the United States, and Europe.

LC Classification NumberGF80.J36 2017