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Nihilistic Naturalism in the East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Takehiro Sueki

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There are two cultural principles operative in contemporary Japan; one is a relatively new principle derived from the West, and the other a traditional Eastern principle.

These two principles are, at least in contemporary Japan, contradictory to one another: the Western principle is considered to be an anti-naturalistic one stressing technique, while the traditional Eastern principle is essentially one founded on naturalism.

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 27 , Issue 105 , March 1979 , pp. 77 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)