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The Basho of Economics
In the parlance of modern Japanese philosophy, the term Basho denotes a field of experience underlying all conceptions of reality, while remaining itself conceptually ungraspable. The Basho of Economics, then, refers to the economy’s hidden experiential ground, which has never been explicitly scrutinized, as such, by mainstream economics. We uncover this ground by discerning the tacit presuppositions of classical and neo-classical theories from the perspective of modern Japanese philosophy. In particular, we draw attention to the traditional atomist assumptions implicit in their equilibrium-centered models. By breaking through these assumptions, we reconstruct the economy as a functional and relational world of habitual and creative activity outside of the scope of mechanical laws.
"Change is Always a Last Resort a Change in Habits of Thought"
The present crisis has revealed that around the globe we are often only able to react to crises when it is (almost) too late. This paper addresses and explains the mono-structure of thought that has led to this predicament and delineates a new model of cognition capable of creating a new biodiversity of thought and action, especially in the economic sphere. With this, future crises may not only be overcome but may also contribute to avoiding them altogether. This paper offers a vision which does not provide ready-made answers but rather aims more fundamentally at opening up a wholly new imaginative scope for the possible.
Sustainable Development - the Cultural Perspective
"This current volume is a result of the Seventh and Eighth International Forum on Sustainable Technological Development in a Globalizing World. The Seventh Forum was held June 9-12, 2010 in Berlin. The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology hosted the event, which was organized around culture and sustainability. What we each value as a society, as a country, in our culture, is what we want to protect. What is sustainable is only what we value. This applies all the more to sustainable development which is planned for long time scales and therefore to go beyond individual sustainable technology solutions as well as economic and political cycles. What we hold in high regard is the result of cultural...
Introduction to Field-Being Philosophy
This text is the first concise anthology of Lik Kuen Tong’s Field-Being philosophy. In addressing the ontology of both Eastern and Western thought, Field-Being philosophy offers a new metaphysics. Inclusively, it makes room at the table of philosophy for indigenous philosophy, and, foundationally, it rethinks the universe and the global world ontologically as “activity” and “relationality.” A comprehensive philosophy, it considers what is as movement, as well as the what of movement, and inventively adds the concept of “betweenness.” This philosophy of movement or “activity,” being future-oriented, is timely in the practical world, lending itself to the addressing of current issues such as climate change, global relations, and difference.
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Der Ort ökonomischen Denkens
Der interkulturelle Dialog mit der japanischen Philosophie erhellt die verborgenen, unreflektierten Denkgewohnheiten der Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Die Andersartigkeit japanischen Denkens macht den impliziten methodologischen Grundrahmen der Ökonomie sichtbar, verweist kritisch auf Widersprüche sowie Erklärungslücken und zeigt Alternativen auf. Ansprechend und leicht verständlich geschrieben, bricht das Buch mit der tief in der Ökonomie verwurzelten Vorstellung der Welt als einer Gesamtheit unabhängiger, essentiell unveränderlicher Dinge bzw. Individuen und zeigt die Wirtschaft als ein interdependentes Gestaltungsgeschehen fernab jeder mechanischen Gesetzmäßigkeit auf. Das ökonomische Denken wird so über Kultur- und Disziplingrenzen hinweg auf neue, ungewöhnliche Weise kreativ.
Imagination und Bildlichkeit der Wirtschaft
Der vorliegende Band stellt ein erstes Grundlagenwerk zur Imaginationsforschung in der Ökonomie dar. Er erforscht die ökonomische Theoriegeschichte (auch mit Bezug auf die Philosophiegeschichte) und fragt, welche Bilder und Selbstbilder über Menschen, über das wirtschaftliche System und über die Zukunft in ökonomischen Theorien enthalten sind. Wie ist die Beschäftigung mit Imaginationen im Mainstream der Wirtschaftswissenschaften verloren gegangen und wie kann sie wiederbelebt werden? Prof. Dr. Walter Otto Ötsch ist Professor für Ökonomie und Kulturgeschichte an der Cusanus Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung. Prof. Dr. Silja Graupe ist Professorin für Ökonomie und Philosophie und Leiterin des Instituts für Ökonomie der Cusanus Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung.
Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine
Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine is the first book in English on the history of evolutionary theory in Japan. Bringing to life more than a century of ideas, G. Clinton Godart examines how and why Japanese intellectuals, religious thinkers of different faiths, philosophers, biologists, journalists, activists, and ideologues engaged with evolutionary theory and religion. How did Japanese religiously think about evolution? What were their main concerns? Did they reject evolution on religious grounds, or—as was more often the case—how did they combine evolutionary theory with their religious beliefs? Evolutionary theory was controversial and never passively accepted in Japan: It took a hundred...
Academic Freedom in the European Context
This book explores the concept of academic freedom from a European vantage point. Drawing on both philosophical and legal perspectives, the editors and contributors analyse the concept of academic freedom within the present institutional setting. Academic freedom has long been considered a natural part of higher education, but as the world enters the digital age, a renewed understanding of its role and the threats it must face is required. The authors question the purpose of science without freedom, and subsequently the purpose of political communities without free science. Although the book uses European case studies to answer these questions, it undoubtedly has global relevance: what would be left of the present notion of the ‘global world’ were we to conceive of its character without modern science? This book calls for a critical re-examination of the academic community and its own understanding of the sources, conditions and aims of scientific practice.
