Скачать или смотреть Kyle Michael James Shuttleworth – Overcoming Anthropocentrism: Watsuji, Ecology, and Symbiosis

Part of the Panel: "Watsuji and the Environment"

6th Annual Conference of the
European Network of Japanese Philosophy
"(Counter)influences."

Abstract:
In this presentation, I will argue that the environmental problem of anthropocentrism can be overcome by developing the ecological potential in Watsuji’s philosophical thought. To achieve this aim, I extend Watsuji’s ethical theory of betweenness from human beings to all forms of life, by appealing to Watsuji’s concept of climate. I also illustrate the practical application of Watsuji’s thought through the concept of symbiosis and speculate upon how symbiotic relations can be developed between human beings and non-human beings in Japan.

Kyle Shuttleworth is a JSPS International Research Fellow at Rikkyo University,
where he is researching the interface between environmental ethics and Japanese
philosophy. His recent publications include the monograph "The History and Ethics
of Authenticity" with Bloomsbury (2020), the research article ‘Virtues and Ethics
within Watsuji Tetsurō’s Rinrigaku’ in Asian Philosophy (2020), and the translation
of Watsuji’s controversial essay ‘America’s National Character’ in Philosophy East
and West (2021).

Conference Program:
https://enojp2021.elte.hu/program

European Network of Japanese Philosophy:
http://enojp.org/

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