Author Affiliation: Bath Spa University and Irish Research Council, UK
關鍵詞
Keiji Nishitani; self-overcoming of nihilism; Nietzsche and Asian thought; Zen Buddhism; time; Japanese philosophy; will to power
摘要
This article reviews the current literature on the relationship of the Kyoto School philosopher Keiji Nishitani to Nietzsche’s writings. In particular, I respond to Bret Davis’s treatment of the relationship between the two thinkers in his 2011 article: “Nishitani after Nietzsche: From the Death of God to the Great Death of the Will.” Through recourse to Nishitani’s treatment of Nietzsche in The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism as well as his later work Religion and Nothingness, I dispute the claim that Nishitani’s eventual dissatisfaction with Nietzsche’s philosophy is based on a negative assessment of will to power. I then show that it is primarily on the issue of time rather than that of will that Nishitani ultimately takes issue with Nietzsche’s mature philosophical standpoint. Finally, I outline a possible response to Nishitani’s criticisms from the perspective of Nietzsche’s thought.
目次
Abstract 12 Keywords 12 Nietzsche’s Nihilism and the Will Critique 14 Nietzsche, Nishitani, and the Moment 20 Notes 23
