| Zen Buddhism, Personalism and the Ethics of Globalisation: Cultural Experience as Concrete Self-Awakening Contributor(s): Cipriani, Gerald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138221775 ISBN-13: 9781138221772 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2026 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of January 5, 2026 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan |
| Physical Information: 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores ideas put forward by the Kyoto School of philosophy in Japan and by continental European philosophers including notably Gabriel Marcel concerning the relationship between globalization and identity. It discusses in particular how philosophers in both East and West have become aware of the propensity of globalization to homogenize culture and identity - of people, places and things - worldwide, how such philosophers show that this neutralization of culture and identity is different from the emptying process aspired to in Buddhist meditation, and how through a process of "concrete self-awakening" people can regain, despite the effects of globalization, an appreciation and understanding of the rich, individual nature of the identity and culture of people and places. Throughout, the book considers a wide range of concepts, thinking and approaches by both Eastern and Western philosophy. |