Japanische Philosophie nach 1868

This volume deals with philosophical trends in Japan from the beginning of the Meiji era (1868) to the present, in connection with European philosophy. The first chapter follows philosophical trends up to 1945. It considers the question of how the Japanese received the European philosophy known as liberation and enlightenment. They soon began to develop their own philosophy, in particular under the influence of German idealism, for instance in the work of Nishida, Tanabe, Miki, Kuki and Watsuji. The trend makes a 180-degree turn in 1945. The experiences of a defeated Japan lead to a confrontation with the self and all existing selves; it is once more a liberation and a new tendency, from reason to body occurs, as, for instance, in Nakamura Hajime, Izutsu Toshihiko and Yuasa Yasuo.