On Nothingness in the Heart of the Empire and the Wartime Politics of the Kyoto School
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21792263 |
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| Authors | John W M Krummel (0000-0002-3940-2571, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-109 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative and Continental Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-0638 • E-ISSN: 1757-0646 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17570638.2022.2085960 |
| OpenAlex | W4283729854 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In this review essay of Harumi Osaki’s book, Nothingness in the Heart of the Empire, about the Kyoto School’s wartime political philosophy, I examine the arguments and claims behind Osaki’s thesis that the Kyoto School tends to align itself with nationalist and imperialist formations that lead to political concerns. I focus on some of the concrete problems with her arguments, including the book’s lack of examination of the sociopolitical context behind and surrounding the philosophers’ wartime discourse. These problems result in a one-sided or unbalanced image of the Kyoto School, lacking nuance and painting complex grey areas in black and white
Archaeology · Economic history · Empire · Epistemology · Nationalism · Nothing · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Chemistry · Critical Theory and Philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Highly cited | No |
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