Introduction: From "The Beautiful" to "The Dubious": Japanese Traditionalism, Modernism, Postmodernism
Steven Heine And Charles Wei-Hsun Fu
Acknowledgments
1. Derrida and the Decentered Universe of Ch'an/ZenBuddhism
Steve Odin
2. Ie-ism ("Sacred Familism") and the Discourseof Postmodernism in Relation to Nativism/Nationalism/Nihonism
Steven Heine
3. Intervals (Ma) in Space and Time: Foundations for a Religio-Aesthetic Paradigm in Japan
Richard B. Pilgrim
4. Lyricism and Intertextuality: An Approach toShunzei's Poetics
Haruo Shirane
5. A Methodological Examination of the"Post-Confucian Thesis" in Relation to Japanese (and Chinese) Economic Development
Charles Wei-Hsun Fu
6. The Murky Mirror: Women and Sexual Ethics as Reflected in Japanese Cinema
Sandra A. Wawrytko
7. The Intertextual Fabric of Narratives by Enchi Fumiko
S. Yumiko Hulvey
8. Tradition, Textuality, and the Trans-lation of Philosophy: The Case of Japan
John C. Maraldo
9. The Kyoto School and Reverse Orientalism
Bernard Faure
10. Tradition Beyond Modernity: Nishitani's Response to the Twentieth Century
Dale S. Wright
11. Critical Reflections on the Traditional Japanese View of Truth
Masao Abe
12. Japan, the Dubious, and Myself
Kenzaburo Oe
Contributors
Index