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Much Ado About Nothingness brings together 14 essays on Nishida Kitarō and Tanabe Hajime by one of the leading scholars of twentieth-century Japanese philosophy. With Nishida’s “logic of place” and Tanabe’s “logic of the specific” providing continuity to the whole, the author writes from a conviction that “the overriding challenge for those doing philosophy in the key of the Kyoto School, with their sights set squarely on self-awareness like Nishida and Tanabe before them, is to turn its attention to the wider world….”
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“Philosophers not familiar with Japanese philosophy are frequently perplexed by the idea of a philosophy of nothingness and question its tenability and relevance. With the clarity, ease, and brilliance his readers have come to expect, Heisig outlines the reasons and benefits of such a philosophical approach.” —Gereon Kopf