Zen and Philosophy: An Intellectual Biography of Nishida Kitaro

About the Author Michiko Yusa is a professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages; Center for East Asian Studies at Western Washington University. Product Description This is the definitive work on the first and greatest of Japan's twentieth-century philosophers, Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945). Interspersed throughout the narrative of Nishida's life and thought is a generous selection of the philosopher's own essays, letters, and short presentations, newly translated into English.