Reading Nishida Kitarō as a New Confucian: With a Focus on His Early Moral Philosophy

This paper attempts to read Nishida Kitarō (1870–1945) as a New Confucian, with a focus on his early moral philosophy. While the influence of Buddhism on Nishida’s philosophy is surely significant, this paper argues that it is actually Confucianism which plays a more important role. It is for this r...

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1. VerfasserIn: Lam, Wing Keung (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Carfax 2023
In: Asian philosophy
Jahr: 2023, Band: 33, Heft: 1, Seiten: 15-28
weitere Schlagwörter:B Nishida Kitarō
B Moral Philosophy
B Sincerity
B Japanese philosophy
B New Confucianism
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Zusammenfassung:This paper attempts to read Nishida Kitarō (1870–1945) as a New Confucian, with a focus on his early moral philosophy. While the influence of Buddhism on Nishida’s philosophy is surely significant, this paper argues that it is actually Confucianism which plays a more important role. It is for this reason that fruitful comparisons can be made between his work and the so-called New Confucianism. I would like to explore three key questions with respects to this important yet relatively overlooked aspect: Firstly, in what way has Nishida conformed to Confucian discourse in his moral philosophy? Secondly, what elements of Confucianism has Nishida revisited? Thirdly, what lessons can Nishida offer to philosophy as a New Confucian? It is my suggestion that reading Nishida as a New Confucian may help to further open up the potential of Nishida philosophy, Confucian philosophy, as well as philosophy in East Asia in general.
ISSN:1469-2961
Enthält:Enthalten in: Asian philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09552367.2022.2151088