DOI Torakazu on the fundamental freedom inherent to consciousness: "A slave may be totally passive [at the command of the master], but that is something that occurs on the plane of ‹facts›; on the plane of consciousness, the slave is active, and the master is passive. ...

Following up on #Kakehashi (see yesterday's post) Vargas quotes from his autobiography "Sengo seishin no tankyū"—in itself a worthwhile document on the life of an intellectual in Japan in the immediate postwar period.

Definitely worth your time: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

Nourishing Life: Cultures of Food and Health in Early Modern Japan Joshua Schlachet｜UH Press uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/nouris...

The Excremental Imagination: Disgust, Compassion, and Laughter in Medieval Japan by Rajyashree Pandey｜UH Press uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/the-ex...

I have to say, Doi Torakazu's "Time and Eternity" is the most stimulating book on the philosophy of time I found during my research stay at Kyoto University. And, as often, I came across it not by way of database research, but by looking through the #bookshelves in the #library.

"The #past is not a thing, it is an activity" 過去は、ものではなくて活動である。Doi Torakazu, "Time and Eternity", 330.

Schweidler's article (see yesterday's post) had me read #Leibniz. There are indeed further points of similarity between L. and #Dōgen: e.g. the idea that each "monad" (L.) or "ware" (D.) "lines up the whole world" (as D. would say). (See #Monadology 62 and SBGZ Uji)

Walter Schweidler in his contribution to the most recent volume of the Study of #Time series has a quote from #Leibniz that sounds so much like #Dōgen: "And though the earth and water which are between the plants of the garden, or the water which is between the fish in the brill.com/display/titl...

Finally in my hands - with chapters on such interesting thinkers as Kakehashi Akihide, Yoshinori Takaaki, Tokoro Mitsuko, Kuroda Kan'ichi, and a contribution by yours truly on Hiromatsu Wataru. @Enojp_org

#Nishida Kitarō's and Heinrich #Rickert 's reflections on "the logic of the predicate" were both published around the same time (1930/1931). Although they were quite different, one wonders about possible influences. Anyone in the know at ENOJP? @takeshimorisato.bsky.social

My department is hiring a College Fellow in modern Japanese history or sociology. Deadline, including reference letters: March 23. facultyresources.fas.harvard.edu/college-fell...

In "Time and Eternity", Doi Torakazu reflects on how subjective freedom hinges on engagement with facts. Let that sink in.

Stumbled upon Doi Torakazu's " #Time and #Eternity" in the library. He posits that the sphere of facts and the chronological order of time that connects them belong in essence to the "past" mode of time. Present and future only exist for consciousness.

Now reading Nakamura Yūjirō's chapter on "topology", which starts from the premise that modern "Western" philosophy privileged #time and did not seriously engage the subject of #space. And I wonder, why would he say that? #Merleau-Ponty for one was long translated by that time, as was #Cassirer.

Nitta Hiroe's chapter on #time in #art came off to a rather conventional start ("art is about sensations/perceptions") bit now sent me off to listen to #Beethoven 's #Appassionata. I chose #Gulda. youtu.be/wIbN4z4AeGI?...

Still reading the Iwanami tetsugaku koza book, now the chapter on "lived time" by Hosokawa Ryōichi. He distinguishes three modes of "living time": as passing, play, and walking. "Passing" means to go through the present as a means to achieve a future goal.

You may have guessed by now that I'm (still) working on the subject of #time. Currently reading up on Japanese studies on the topic. My next book is from the older Iwanami tetsugaku series, because it has chapters on "lived time", "sacred time" and the notion of time as "place."

Went to Kōryū-ji in Uzumasa today, to see their Miroku bosatsu - the bodhisattva of the future that was highly revered by aristocrats in ancient Japan, exemplifying a linear morphology of time that is often denied for non-Western/pre-modern societies.

Currently reading Kioka Nobuo's "Shunkan to setsuna", a book on "Western" and Buddhist conceptions of time and the moment. Kioka gives a useful overview of modern Japanese philosophy of time before reviewing Buddhist positions.

Now accessible in Open Access: soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.…

Out now! If you ever wondered about Dogen's cryptic text in time and how it related to what Zen monks actually did in their monasteries-or how to read Dogen not as pre-Heideggerian, here's the book for you. @studyoftime.bsky.social sunypress.edu/Books/Z/Zen-...

FYI www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A new book on #Shinto and famous #Kokugaku scholar Hirata Atsutane 平田篤胤 (1776-1843) has just been published open access and free for download by the preeminent historian Dr. Ann Walthall! You can check it out here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

We're delighted to share the new issue of Time's News, The International Society for the Study of Time's official members-based magazine. This issue celebrates the accomplishments of our members through interviews, articles, visual art surveys, ISST Council reflections, and a performance essay.

Things you learn at conferences during breaks: That the story that court ladies in Heian #Japan could not read or write #kanbun was an invention by #Murasaki Shikibu and probably meant to be funny.

This Day in Labor History: August 21, 1791. The Haitian Revolution began. Let's talk about the most successful slave rebellion in history!

Ten days to go! sunypress.edu/Books/Z/Zen-...

#Japanologentag: just happened-great panel in the intellectual history section on the topic of relations with #nature. Presentations by Morgaine Setzer and Mariko Jacoby on an 1837 primer on agriculture, Paulus Kaufmann on Saito's #degrowth communism, Sarah Schmid on early colonialist ideas + more!

Falls man sich fragt wie die offizielle deutsche Sicht auf Polen 2025 ist, ist hier ein Post des @bundeskultur.bsky.social in dem zum Gedenken an den Warschauer Aufstand 1944 ohne Kontext ein NS-Propagandafoto aus dem Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto 1943 verwendet wird. Bitter.

If you care for the fate of innocent people in Palestine, you should read this: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

So proud of my wife, who just received the dissertation prize of the University of Tübingen!

Our JBAE project is now working together with the Royal Asiatic Society, where our previous chief curator, Dr. Tomoe Steineck, has just spent a day explaining and exploring an album from the Kanda Sotei school of painting. #JapaneseArt #JapaneseBuddhism royalasiaticsociety.org/henry-faulds...

Never post unpublished materials on such sites. Doing so not only disqualifies the manuscript for publication in a journal or volume, but it means your work is unprotected and can be poached by anyone with access to that site.

A couple years ago we received a message about an article posted on the site discussed below. The chair of a hiring committee wanted to confirm that an applicant had published an article with us, as they claimed on their CV. The CV included a link to the applicants account on that site.

Inventing the Way of the Samurai by @olegb.bsky.social explores the concept of “Bushido” from genesis in 19th C Japan as an “invented tradition” in response to European concepts to its postwar rehabilitation.

Looking for all things Susanne Langer? Check out this compilation of BSA articles on her work. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics...

PhD scholarships on #Buddhism available in Germany! The academy project “Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra”, hosted by the Institute for Indology and Tibetology at LMU Munich, is inviting applications for a 3-year Ph.D. scholarship (with the possibility of extending it for a fourth year). 1/

Would love to listen to this upcoming talk by Max Ward on the legacy of Japan's "Peace Preservation Law" (i.e. the law to suppress communist/socialist/anarchist movements): www.icc-sophia.com/_files/ugd/2...

They’re here 🎉 @versobooks.bsky.social

June 2-3: 2nd Swiss Japanese Studies Conference: "Centers and Peripheries". The program is ready: www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/institut/... Guests welcome!

JT Fraser, "time-smith" and founder of the International Society for the Study of Time was born on this day in 1923. His notion of "constitutive conflicts" is increasingly relevant today, as an antidote to ideas of final solutions of all kinds. See brill.com/view/journal...

One of my main teaching goals lately is to show that Buddhism is indeed a religion and not just a way of life, and that the Buddha is actually kinda central to it…

Die preußische Landnahme in Polen, Litauen und anderen osteuropäischen Regionen zeigt: Koloniale Strukturen existierten auch innerhalb Europas. Felix Ackermann & Agnieszka Pufelska über Postpreußen. geschichtedergegenwart.ch/postpreussen/

A tenure track opening in philosophy of science at ETH. I hope they'll see and consider applications from colleagues working with materials beyond Europe and Angloamerica! @ethzurich.bsky.social, @takeshimoristo.bsky.social @ejjp.bsky.social

Fantastic article by Abe Yasurō in JJRS. Abe examines Kamakura’s formation through its ritual border zones, particularly around the central shrine-temple complex of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. This site served as both a religious and performative hub, hosting major ceremonies like the Hōjōe.

Found this in Breton: "Il en résulte des exposés de longueur qui ne tirent leur force persuasive que de leur étrangeté même, et n'en imposent au lecteur que par l'appel à un vocabulaire abstrait, d'ailleurs assez mal défini." What author/book do you think of when reading this ?

A glass of water in a time of drought.