James W. Heisig

Much Ado about Nothingness

Essays on Nishida and Tanabe

Much Ado About Nothingness brings together 14 essays on Nishida Kitarō and Tanabe Hajime by one of the leading scholars of twentieth-century Japanese philosophy. With Nishida’s “logic of place” and Tanabe’s “logic of the specific” providing continuity to the whole, the author writes from a conviction that “the overriding challenge for those doing philosophy in the key of the Kyoto School, with their sights set squarely on self-awareness like Nishida and Tanabe before them, is to turn its attention to the wider world….”

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“Philosophers not familiar with Japanese philosophy are frequently perplexed by the idea of a philosophy of nothingness and question its tenability and relevance. With the clarity, ease, and brilliance his readers have come to expect, Heisig outlines the reasons and benefits of such a philosophical approach.” —Gereon Kopf