Art and morality

de Nishida, Kitarō · Publicada por primera vez en 1973

"The scholarly world has devoted much attention to the unique political and economic "modernization" process that has been taking place in Japan during the past century. Unfortunately, corresponding contributions and developments in humanistic spheres have been all but overlooked despite the presence of many distinguished Japanese names in literature, philosopht, and the arts. Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) was one luminary who did achieve recognition in his lifetime. He arose from the complex intellectual milieu of the creative Meiji and Taisho periods to a position of wide acclaim as the foremost academic philosopher of modern Japan. The legacy of his thought, both in and out of the Kyoto School he founded, continues to be felt today. Moreover, his reputation as an "international" thinker based on his initiation of an original East-West philosophical dialogue continues to grow steadily. Today Nishida's collected works fill nineteen volumes. Art and Morality (1923) is the pivotal volume in his long and creative career. It stands as the key work between the inception and the exploration and expansion of his unique ideas -- those he termed "the immediacy of experience" or "pure experience." Nishida strove throughout his lifetime to articulate these thoughts in the language of Western philosophy. In Art and Morality he treats aesthetic and moral expression as primary examples of his philosophy"-- Front flap.