Szanowni Państwo,
Serdecznie zapraszamy na kolejne otwarte seminarium naukowe Instytutu Kulturoznawstwa w ramach tegorocznego cyklu „Kulturoznawstwo wobec wyzwań nowej humanistyki”.
Naszym gościem, na zaproszenie prof. Cezarego Kościelniaka, będzie prof. Yohei Kageyama (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japonia), który wygłosi wykład pod tytułem: „Mountains and Human Self-Positioning in Modern Japan: Philosophical Alpinism, Mount Fuji, and the Mountains of the Ainu”.
Naszym gościem, na zaproszenie prof. Cezarego Kościelniaka, będzie prof. Yohei Kageyama (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japonia), który wygłosi wykład pod tytułem: „Mountains and Human Self-Positioning in Modern Japan: Philosophical Alpinism, Mount Fuji, and the Mountains of the Ainu”.
Seminarium odbędzie się 18 maja (poniedziałek), godz. 11:30 (sala I, budynek AB, Kampus Ogrody).
Biogram:
Yohei Kageyama is a Professor of Philosophy at Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan. He is the author of a book on Heidegger and another introductory book on philosophy more broadly. He specializes in phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism, and modern Japanese philosophy. His recent publications include Event and Self-transformation: The Problem of Selfhood in the Structure and Development of Heidegger’s Philosophy (Sobun, 2015, in Japanese); “Das Weltproblem bei Kitaro Nishida und sein Verhältnis zu Phänomenologie“, (in T. Keiling, (ed.), Phänomenologische Metaphysik, Mohr Siebeck, 2020, 84-93); Introduction to Philosophy with Questions (in Japanese, Kobun-sha, 2021/ in Korean, Munyechunchusa, 2022); “The Boundary of Ontological Time and its Crossings: Shuzo Kuki’s Analysis of Japanese Poetry as an Unrealized Dialogue with Heidegger” (in F. Grosser et al. (ed.) Heidegger in the Literary World, Rowman & Littlefield, 2021, 229-240.); Heidegger Handbook (editor, Syowado, 2022, in Japanese).
Yohei Kageyama is a Professor of Philosophy at Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan. He is the author of a book on Heidegger and another introductory book on philosophy more broadly. He specializes in phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism, and modern Japanese philosophy. His recent publications include Event and Self-transformation: The Problem of Selfhood in the Structure and Development of Heidegger’s Philosophy (Sobun, 2015, in Japanese); “Das Weltproblem bei Kitaro Nishida und sein Verhältnis zu Phänomenologie“, (in T. Keiling, (ed.), Phänomenologische Metaphysik, Mohr Siebeck, 2020, 84-93); Introduction to Philosophy with Questions (in Japanese, Kobun-sha, 2021/ in Korean, Munyechunchusa, 2022); “The Boundary of Ontological Time and its Crossings: Shuzo Kuki’s Analysis of Japanese Poetry as an Unrealized Dialogue with Heidegger” (in F. Grosser et al. (ed.) Heidegger in the Literary World, Rowman & Littlefield, 2021, 229-240.); Heidegger Handbook (editor, Syowado, 2022, in Japanese).
Abstrakt:
This presentation examines how mountains in modern Japan have been understood as places of human “dwelling,” focusing on the interplay between nature, subjectivity, and historical identity. It begins with early twentieth-century philosophical alpinism, especially in the thought of Jūji Tanabe, to show how changing experiences of mountains—from fear to harmony—anticipate Watsuji Tetsurō’s concept of fūdo as the lived unity of nature, body, and history. It then analyzes representations of Mount Fuji in modern literature and thought, demonstrating its dual role as both a symbol of national “dwelling” and a natural “other” that destabilizes modern Japanese subjectivity. Finally, it turns to the perspectives of the Ainu, whose understanding of mountains reveals nature as the enduring material ground of collective memory and identity under conditions of displacement. Through this contrast, the paper argues that the ambiguity of modern Japan’s imperial “dwelling” can be critically rethought by recovering a more fundamental relation to nature.
This presentation examines how mountains in modern Japan have been understood as places of human “dwelling,” focusing on the interplay between nature, subjectivity, and historical identity. It begins with early twentieth-century philosophical alpinism, especially in the thought of Jūji Tanabe, to show how changing experiences of mountains—from fear to harmony—anticipate Watsuji Tetsurō’s concept of fūdo as the lived unity of nature, body, and history. It then analyzes representations of Mount Fuji in modern literature and thought, demonstrating its dual role as both a symbol of national “dwelling” and a natural “other” that destabilizes modern Japanese subjectivity. Finally, it turns to the perspectives of the Ainu, whose understanding of mountains reveals nature as the enduring material ground of collective memory and identity under conditions of displacement. Through this contrast, the paper argues that the ambiguity of modern Japan’s imperial “dwelling” can be critically rethought by recovering a more fundamental relation to nature.
