Abstract: At Kyoto University, since Japan’s opening to the West at the Meiji Era, a great intellectual work stablished a productive dialogue between Eastern and Western thought in the ambits of philosophy and religion, the so called “Kyoto School”, founded by Nishida Kitaro (1870 – 1945) and his disciples Tanabe Hajime (1885 – 1962) and Keiji Nishitani (1900 – 1990). The Kyoto School opened a new discussion, from the problem of Nothingness, between the fundaments of religion and its confrontation with the nihilistic crises of values. In Keiji Nishitani’s work Religion and Nothingness, a profound reflection is stablished from the concepts of Emptiness and Deity taking them as a dialogue with the thought of Meister Eckhart and providing a fruitful encounter between Zen Buddhism and Christianity. In this sense, the Nothingness is a question for philosophy and religion accordingly to the Nishitani’s thought and consists in an experience marked by a confluence of factors such as: a widening of the world view through a trans-conceptual understanding of reality, which is identified by the thinker as The point of view of Emptiness. Thus, our work’s aim is to understand to what extent Nishitani’s thought allows us, in confluence with Eckhart’s thought, to rethink the religious condition of man and its relation with the divine in the context of the work of the Kyoto School’s philosopher. / Na Universidade de Kyoto, a partir da abertura do Japão para Ocidente na Era Meiji, um grande trabalho intelectual estabeleceu um diálogo produtivo entre o pensamento oriental e ocidental nos âmbitos da filosofia e da religião, a chamada “Escola de Kyoto”. Iniciado por Nishida Kitarō (1870 - 1945) e por seus discípulos Tanabe Hajime (1885 - 1962) e Keiji Nishitani (1900 - 1990) a Escola de Kyoto abriu uma nova discussão, a partir da problemática do Nada, entre os fundamentos da religião e seu confronto com a crise niilista dos valores. Na obra A Religião e o Nada de Keiji Nishitani estabelece-se uma profunda reflexão a partir dos conceitos de Vacuidade e Deidade, tomando-os como interlocução com o pensamento de Mestre Eckhart (1260-1328), proporcionando um frutuoso encontro entre o Zen-budismo e o Cristianismo. Neste sentido, o Nada como uma questão posta para a religião e para a filosofia, de acordo com o pensamento nishitaniano, consiste em uma experiência marcada pela confluência de fatores como: um alargamento da visão de mundo mediante a compreensão transconceitual da realidade, identificada, pelo pensador, como O ponto de vista da Vacuidade. Nosso trabalho tem como finalidade, portanto, compreender em que medida o pensamento de Nishitani permite, em confluência com o pensamento eckhartiano, repensar a condição religiosa do homem e sua relação com o divino no contexto da obra do filósofo da escola de Kyoto. / São Cristóvão, SE

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Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Bonn, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-283).

Muan Xingtao was a prominent Chan master of the seventeenth century. This study attempts to examine his religious and cultural legacy and his numerous accomplishments. Among his many achievements were his successful consolidation of the Obaku headquarters of Manpukuji in Japan and cultivation of many Japanese dharma heirs which greatly expanded the Obaku’s territories. He was praised for his artistic abilities in painting and calligraphy which led to the Japanese designating him as one of the “Obaku sanpitsu 黄檗三筆”. He earned the highest religious honors of the purple robe and obtained the patronage from the shogun and Japanese elite. He characteristically manifested the virtues of filial piety and loyalty and transmitted the Ming style of Buddhist teachings, which placed more emphasis on the lay believers, nenbutsu and monastic discipline to Japan. His life represented the religious influence achieved through the interconnection between nations.

This thesis presents an environmental ethic based on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. Chapter One uses Heidegger's conception of 'dwelling' as the basis for a satisfying account of the 'otherness' or alterity of nature. Chapter Two draws upon Heidegger's writings on 'the dif-ference', Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy and the metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead to develop a 'dialectical' conception of holism which can accommodate both the account of alterity presented in Chapter One and an account of the intrinsic value of individual beings. Chapter Three frames this conception of environmental holism in terms of ethics. It is argued that Heidegger's ideal of 'releasement' can be thought of as an essential 'function' of humans, the exercise of which promotes human flourishing. Extending this Aristotelian line of reasoning, it is shown how one can draw upon Heidegger's philosophy to articulate a form of environmental virtue ethic. Chapter Four investigates the charge that Heidegger's later thought is quietistic, a general allegation which is analysed into four interrelated specific charges: 1) the accusation that Heidegger is advocating a passive withdrawal from the world; 2) Adorno's charge in Negative Dialectics that Heidegger's philosophy is inimical to critical thought; 3) the objection that Heidegger is unable to deal adequately with either interhuman relations or the relations between humans and nonhuman animals; and 4) the charge that Heidegger's later writings cannot be brought to bear upon practical environmental issues. In answer to this last objection, case studies are presented of two environmental issues: 1) the environmental impact of tourism; and 2) the practice of environmental restoration.

Artista visual, mención pintor / Esta memoria de título desarrolla un territorio de reflexión denominado Jardín Interior Seco. A través de un recuento metodológico del paso por la carrera de Artes, centrado en las prácticas del Laboratorio de Arte y los sucesivos Brainwalkings, este proyecto se abre camino por una serie de paseos y viajes a la realización concreta de este Jardín. Éste tiene lugar en una sala del Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile, 2013. Con una actitud antidisciplinaria, centrado en el quehacer cotidiano de un estudiante de arte, esta iniciativa busca ser una apropiación amateur, sencilla e imaginativa de la antigua tradición de jardinería japonesa a la cual tenemos acceso en la actualidad. Más que una actitud formal, desde el terreno del arte se exponen diferentes cuestionamientos en torno a qué hacer con el tiempo presente.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, School of Social Work, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-545). Also available on the Internet.

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Texte remanié de: Ph. D. Thesis--Department of religion and ethics--St Martin's college, Lancaster, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 242-249.