The Dao Companion to Japanese Buddhist Philosophy. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gereon Kopf, editor ; Francesca Soans, assistant editor.
• Other Names: Kopf, Gereon
• Contents: Intro; Introduction; Work Cited; Contents; About the Editor; Part I: Basic Issues in Japanese Buddhist Philosophy; Chapter 1: "Japanese Buddhism": Constructions and Deconstructions; 1 Preface in the Form of an Allegory: Seeking Landmarks on a Dusky Moor-Issues in the Comparative Study of the Praxis of the Buddhisms of Japan; 2 Introduction; 3 Reifying the Buddhisms of Japan as "Japanese Buddhism"; 3.1 Privileges of the Nation-State; 3.2 Japanese Exceptionalism; 3.3 Ahistorical Essentializing; 4 Philosophy, Religion, or What?; 4.1 Philosophy, of a Comparative Kind 4.1.1 Issues and Questions: Beyond Presumed Universals4.1.2 Comparativism Versus Constructivism: Straw Men and Straw Dogs; 4.1.3 Danger: Context Ahead; 4.1.4 Comparative Philosophy as Colonialism; 4.1.5 The Putative Universality of Philosophy; 4.1.6 Through a Glass, Darkly: The Crystal Mirror; 5 Is the Buddhist Thought of Japan Philosophy or Religion?; 6 Japan's Buddhisms as Religion: Matrices, Narratives, and Metaphors; 6.1 The Matrix of "Religion"; 6.2 The "Great World Religions": Making the Buddhisms of Japan Invisible; 6.3 Structuring Thought: Zombie Metaphors 6.3.1 The Organic Metaphor: Religion as a Living Being6.3.2 Agonistic Metaphors: Religions as Armies or Corporations; 6.3.3 Consumerist Metaphors: Spirituality and the Consumption of Buddhism; 6.4 A Cognitive Argument Against Constructivism in Comparative Religion; 7 Concluding Comments; Works Cited; Chapter 2: The "Philosophy" in Japanese Buddhist Philosophy; 1 Putting "Japanese Buddhist Philosophy" in Context; 2 The Philosophical Significance of Historical Debate; 3 Two Philosophical Themes in Japanese Buddhism; 3.1 Language, Reality, and Truth; 3.2 The Nature of Buddhist Practice 4 Philosophical Methods in Japanese Buddhism4.1 Practice as a Method of Investigation; 4.2 Styles of Argumentation; 5 Conclusion; Works Cited; Abbreviations; Other Sources; Sources Not Cited in the Text; Chapter 3: One Step Towards Buddhism as Philosophy; 1 Wisdom Called Buddhism; 1.1 The Unique Way of "Wisdom" in Buddhism; 1.2 Truth Regarding Self and World; 1.3 The Problem of Overrating Rationality; 1.4 The Environmental Crisis as the Problem of the Other; 1.5 The Key to Change; 1.6 A Philosophy Wherein the Self Embraces All Others; 1.7 Sympathetic Oscillation
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht, The Netherland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (737 pages)
• Subjects: 181.043; Buddhist philosophy; Philosophy, Japanese; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789048129249; 9048129249
• Related ISBNs: 9789048129232
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 19, 2019).
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