[USED] <Foreign Book> Zen and the Social Self in American Pragmatism / Steve Odin

THE SOCIAL SELF IN ZEN AND AMERICAN PRAGMATISM STEVE ODIN

Language: English Specifications: Softcover Dimensions: 14.9 x 22.7 x 2.9 cm thick Price: ISBN: 9780791424926

The main theme of this work is that in both modern Japanese philosophy and American pragmatism, a paradigm shift is taking place from a unitary conception of the self as an isolated "I" to a dialogical conception of the social self as an "I-Thou" relationship. This includes a communicative model of the self as an interaction between the individual and society. It is also shown that in both traditions, all aesthetic, moral, and religious values ​​are functions of the social self that arise through the communicative interaction between the individual and society. But at the same time, this work critically examines the major ideological conflicts that arise between the social self theory of modern Japanese philosophy and American pragmatism on issues such as individualism and collectivism, freedom and determinism, liberalism and communitarianism, and relativism and objectivism.