Watsuji Tetsuro's global ethics of emptiness : a contemporary look at a modern Japanese philosopher

• Main Author: Sevilla , Anton Luis
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2020
• Subjects: Watsuji, Tetsurō, 1889-1960 > Criticism, interpretation, etc; Watsuji, Tetsurō, 1889-1960; Political science; Philosophy, Japanese; Philosophy, Japanese; Philosophy > Political; Social and political philosophy; Political science_xPhilosophy; Politics a; 320.01
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/81218
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

In this book, my aim is to introduce the full breadth of the ethical ideas of Watsuji Tetsurô, in a way that allows us to address key issues in sociopolitical philosophy today. Perhaps one might think that, well Watsuji was born almost 130 years ago, in a Japan that was busy trying to catch up with...