This book addresses the question of how to properly handle DÅgen´s texts, a core issue that became critical during the Meiji period in which the philosophical appropriation of DÅgen became apparent inside and outside of the monastery.
In present day DÅgen studies, most scholarship is informed by a number of factions representing DÅgen. The chapters herein address: the Zennist (j. zenjÅka) emphasising practice, the GenzÅnians (j. genzÅka) shifting the attention to the close reading of DÅgen´s texts, the laity movement opening up both the texts and the practice to people in modern society, and the GenzÅ researchers (j. genzÅ kenkyÅ«ka) searching for the authenticity and truth of DÅgen´s writings.
The book aims to clarify the rightful place of DÅgen: in the monastery, in denominational studies, or in modern academic philosophy? It brings forth various viewpoints on DÅgen, and analyzes the relations of these viewpoints from the premodern to modern times. The collected volume appeals to students and researchers in the field while establishing hermeneutic standards of reading and proposing new, original, and critical interpretations of DÅgen´s texts.
Chapter From Uji to Being-time (and Back): Translating DÅgen into Philosophy is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
