Intercultural Phenomenology - Yuko Ishihara, Steven A. Tainer

Intercultural Phenomenology

Playing with Reality
Buch | Hardcover
176 Seiten
2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-29829-3 (ISBN)
62,35 inkl. MwSt
Intercultural Phenomenology explores the nature of reality by engaging in a cross-cultural dialogue between two of the most influential philosophical traditions of the 20th century.

Drawing on ideas from phenomenology, Japanese philosophy and Zen Buddhism, it follows the philosophers who changed their perception of the world by choosing to suspend judgement. Guided by this philosophical method known as the “epoché”, or suspension of judgment in ancient Greek, it is an introduction to the philosophy and practice of letting objects in the world speak for themselves.

Inspired by Nishida Kitaro’s insight that true reality is beyond the subject-­object duality, the book uses a series of examples and exercises to explore the background to Husserl’s idea of the phenomenological epoché, Hans-­Georg Gadamer’s emphasis on play in human understanding and the haiku poet Matsuo Basho's call for a new level of freedom. This practice-oriented approach moves beyond the traditional East-West divide. It connects various traditions, old and new, contemplative and theoretical, and explains why Japanese philosophy and phenomenology can enrich the quality of our lived experience.

Yuko Ishihara is Associate Professor at the College of Global Liberal Arts at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. She specializes in Kyoto School philosophy and classical phenomenology. Her research includes a focus on the topic of play and, specifically, how modern philosophers have turned to the notion of play to overcome the metaphysics of subjectivity. Steven A. Tainer has studied Asian contemplative traditions intensively since 1970 with Tibetan, Chinese and Korean masters. After practicing for decades in both mountain retreats and ordinary life circumstances, he began teaching Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian fundamentals to private groups and at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery in Berkeley California, USA.

List of Figures
Series Editor Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I
1. An Invitation to Play with Reality
2. Falling into Play
3. Openness, Playfulness and Freedom
4. Practicing Playing
5. A Conversation with Contemplative Traditions

Part II
6. Practicing Phenomenology—the Historico-Theoretical Context
7. Practicing Phenomenology—the Personal Side in Practice and ‘Play’
8. Japanese Perspectives on ‘Practice’, ‘Nature’, and ‘Play’

Recommended Readings

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Östliche Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
ISBN-10 1-350-29829-8 / 1350298298
ISBN-13 978-1-350-29829-3 / 9781350298293
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