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Philosophy in imperial Japan
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Philosophy in imperial Japan raises questions about cultural plurality, national privilege and complicity. Nishida’s metaphysics does not settle the dispute over his political claims.
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Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 72
Self, world and nothingness in modern Japan
Nishida’s accounts of pure experience, place and absolute nothingness change over time. The lesson compares them with the earlier Buddhist idea of emptiness and examines the political implications proposed for his metaphysics.