Nothingness and Desire: A Philosophical Antiphony

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nothingness and desire NANZAN LIBRARY OF ASIAN RELIGION AND CULTURE editorial advisory board James W. Heisig Kim Seung Chul Okuyama Michiaki Paul L. Swanson Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture Hayashi Makoto Aichi Gakuin University Thomas Kasulis Ohio State University James W. Heisig and John C. Maraldo, eds., Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School, and the Question of Nationalism (1995) Jamie Hubbard and Paul L. Swanson, eds., Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism (1997) Mark R. Mullins, Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements (1998) Jamie Hubbard, Absolute Delusion, Perfect Buddhahood: The Rise and Fall of a Chinese Heresy (2001) James W. Heisig, Philosophers of Nothingness: An Essay on the Kyoto School (2001) Victor Sōgen Hori, Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Kōan Practice (2003) Robert J.J. Wargo, The Logic of Nothingness: A Study of Nishida Kitarō (2005) Paul L. Swanson and Clark Chilson, eds., Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2006) Ruth Fuller Sasaki, trans. and commentator, and Thomas Yūhō Kirchner, ed., The Record of Linji (2009) James W. Heisig, Thomas P. Kasulis, and John C. Maraldo, eds., Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook (2011) Benjamin Dorman, Celebrity Gods: New Religions, Media, and Authority in Occupied Japan (2012) James W. Heisig, Nothingness and Desire: An East-West Philosophical Antiphony (2013) jordan lectures 2011 Nothingness and Desire An East-West Philosophical Antiphony James W. Heisig University of Hawai‘i Press honolulu © 2013 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 18 17 16 15 14 13 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Heisig, James W., 1944 author. Nothingness and desire : an East-West philosophical antiphony / James W. Heisig. pages cm.—(Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8248-3885-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8248-3886-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Philosophy, Comparative. 2. Nothing (Philosophy) 3. Desire (Philosophy) i. Title. ii. Series: Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture. B799.H38 2013 181—dc23 2013006673 The design and typesetting for this book were prepared by the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture. University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Printed by Edwards Brothers, Inc. Cover design by Claudio Bado ...