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Japanese Environmental Philosophy Is An Anthology That Responds To The Environmental Problems Of The 21st Century By Drawing From Japanese Philosophical Traditions To Investigate Our Relationships With Other Humans, Nonhuman Animals, And The Environment. It Contains Chapters From Fifteen Top Scholars From Japan, The United States, And Europe. The Essays Cover A Broad Range Of Japanese Thought, Including Zen Buddhism, Shintoism, The Kyoto School, Japanese Art And Aesthetics, And Traditional Japanese Culture. Thinking The Ambient: On The Possibility Of Shizengaku (naturing Science) / 1. Augustin Berque -- Pure Land Ecology: Taking The Supernatural Seriously In Environmental Philosophy / Leah Kalmanson -- From Kyosei To Kyoe: Symbiotic Flourishing In Japanese Environmental Ethics / James Mcrae -- Kukai And Dogen As Exemplars Of Ecological Engagement / Graham Parkes -- Sensation, Betweenness, Rhythms: Watsuji's Environmental Philosophy And Ethics In Conversation With Heidegger / Inutsuka Yu -- Climate Change As Existentialist Threat: Watsuji, Greimas, And The Nature Of Opposites / Steve Bein -- Whitehead's Perspectivism As A Basis For Environmental Ethics & Aesthetics: A Process View On The Japanese Concept Of Nature / Steve Oden -- Japanese Gardens: The Art Of Improving Nature / Yuriko Saito -- Kuki Shuzo And Platonism: Nature, Love, And Morality / Yamauchi Tomosaburo -- Recollecting Local Narratives For The Land Ethic / Toyoda Mitsuyo -- Recognizing The Crucial Role Of Culture In Japanese Environmental Philosophy / Midori Kagawa-fox -- Kagura: Embodying Environmental Philosophy In The Japanese Performing Arts / Goda Hiroko -- Disaster Prevention As An Issue In Environmental Ethics / Takahashi Takao -- Non-dualism After Fukushima?: Tracing Dogen's Teaching Vis-à-vis Nuclear Disaster / Masato Ishida -- Planetary Philosophy And Social Consensus Building / Kuwako Toshio. Edited By J. Baird Callicott And James Mcrae. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.