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    Globalizing Japanese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline
    Globalizing Japanese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline
    Globalizing Japanese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline
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    Globalizing Japanese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline

    By James W. Heisig, Jancynthe Tremblay, Raquel Bouso Garcia and

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    The book is divided into two parts, namely, "Japanese Philosophy: Teaching and Research in the Global World;" and "Japanese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline." In the first part, there are reports of the situation of teaching and research of Japanese philosophy. The areas discussed are Japan, Canada, France, Spain and English-speaking regions. In the second part, there will be papers on varies topics on Japanese philosophy, such as papers on Nishida Kitaro, Kuki Shuzo, Tanabe Hajime to contemporary thinker such as Sakabe Megumi. These papers not only show the topics on Japanese philosophical debates, but also are the potential of Japanese philosophical thoughts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherV&R Unipress
    Release dateApr 3, 2017
    ISBN9783847006909
    Globalizing Japanese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline
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    James W. Heisig

    James W. Heisig (Boston, 1944) es doctor en Filosofía de la Religión por la Universidad de Cambridge, Inglaterra, y pasó varios años dedicado a la docencia en los Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica antes de unirse al equipo del Instituto de Religión y Cultura de Nanzan, en Nagoya (Japón) como miembro permanente en 1979. Durante los años que ha pasado en el marco del Instituto, del que fue director durante diez años (1991-2001), ha trabajado activamente para fomentar el diálogo entre religiones y filosofías de Oriente y Occidente, tanto en Japón como en todo el este asiático. Su obra publicada como autor, traductor y volúmenes editados asciende a un compendio de más de 55 títulos en diez idiomas.

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