Nishitani, The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism | Nihilism, Japan, and Westernization | Core Concepts

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This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.
This Core Concept video focuses on Nishitani Keiji's work The Self-Overcoming Of Nihilism, and specifically on chapter 9, "The Meaning of Nihilism for Japan". This one examines his discussion of how Japan opened itself up to a crisis of nihilism precisely through modernization and westernization, and what the possibilities for post-World War II are.
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[@shocked1991]

this was really interesting. thank you! the history of Japanese-Western intellectual contact is really interesting to me and this is fascinating.

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're very welcome!

[@CromCruachTheElderK]

Thank you!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You’re welcome!

[@MrMarktrumble]

Thank you

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome, Mark!

[@goldboolean6819]

An immersion into Business happened. Kaizen looks like a synthetic production. Urakami cathedral bombing seems to have a symbolic irony .

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yes, that happened. Not sure that staves off Nihilism

[@goldboolean6819]

@@GregoryBSadler indeed people fill a spiritual void with the kitchen sink

[@goldboolean6819]

@@GregoryBSadler do you feel that the US is in this conundrum lately?

[@GregoryBSadler]

@@goldboolean6819 Why lately? Nihilism has been discussed as a problem for more than a century

[@goldboolean6819]

@@GregoryBSadler maybe I'm thinking in terms of magnitude.

[@goldboolean6819]

Makes me think of the difference between Shunyata and Nihilism

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, if you read the text, you’ll see Nishitani spelling that out at a number of points

[@goldboolean6819]

@@GregoryBSadler apologies Dr. Sadler