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Books by Fernando Wirtz
Die amerikanischen Philosophien wurden historisch von der Landkarte getilgt und als »Aberglaube«,... more Die amerikanischen Philosophien wurden historisch von der Landkarte getilgt und als »Aberglaube«, »Religion« oder »Mythos« abgestempelt. Das europäische Denken dominierte jahrhundertelang in Lateinamerika und bestimmte somit, was als Philosophie und Wissen galt. Die politische Unabhängigkeit leitete einen kritischen Prozess der intellektuellen Autonomie ein, wodurch die frühere Unsichtbarkeit des amerikanischen Denkens sowohl prä- als auch nach-kolumbianisch allmählich auf der Landkarte zum Vorschein kam. Infolgedessen drängte sich die Frage auf: »Gibt es und gab es eine Philosophie in Lateinamerika?« Diese Frage nach der Existenz einer lateinamerikanischen Philosophie war an sich performativ. Sie selbst beweist die Existenz eines kritischen Denkens. Die Frage selbst war eine Übung, die die Konstruktion einer Philosophie implizierte. Die Philosophie in Lateinamerika ist nicht nur geschichtlich relevant. Ihre Entwicklung war ein vielschichtiger Prozess, der heute auch im Rahmen der Politik (z. B. Populismustheorien), der Theologie (Befreiungstheologie) und der Literaturwissenschaften (Post- und Dekolonialismus) von großer Bedeutung ist. Vielleicht weckt diese Einführung in den Lesern und Leserinnen den Wunsch, den Weg der lateinamerikanischen Philosophie auf eigene Faust weiterzugehen. Preguntando caminamos – Fragen stellend gehen wir
Miki Kiyoshi and the Crisis of Thought, 2024
Steve Lofts, Nakamura Norihito & Fernando Wirtz, eds. Miki Kiyoshi (1897–1945) is arguably one ... more Steve Lofts, Nakamura Norihito & Fernando Wirtz, eds.
Miki Kiyoshi (1897–1945) is arguably one of the most underappreciated thinkers of the Kyoto School—certainly outside of Japan. This collection examines his life and thought as someone who “continuously wandered in search of his own path.” The first three essays examine his confrontation with Neo-Kantianism, Heidegger, and Marxism. The next four essays focus on his philosophy history, technology, anthropology, and the logic of imagination. The final three essays present Miki’s intellectual journey beyond the confines of the Academy: his work as an editor, journalist, and public intellectual, and the reception of his thought in Korea.
Estudio preliminar, traducción y notas: Fernando Wirtz y Lucas Scarfia ISBN: 978-987-48998-2-8 ... more Estudio preliminar, traducción y notas: Fernando Wirtz y Lucas Scarfia
ISBN: 978-987-48998-2-8
Año: 2023 23x14 cm
Páginas: 92
Editorial: Ragif Ediciones
Schelling war einer der wenigen Philosophen seiner Zeit, die versuchten, den Eigenwert der Mythen... more Schelling war einer der wenigen Philosophen seiner Zeit, die versuchten, den Eigenwert der Mythen zu rehabilitieren, indem er zeigte, dass Mythen nicht nur bizarre Fiktionen der menschlichen Imagination sind, sondern die Seinsformen des religiösen Bewusstseins. Schellings Schriften zum Problem der Mythologie sind im Kontext der in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts geführten Debatte über den Ursprung der Mythen zu verstehen. F. Creuzer war ein bedeutender Autor, der den vorherrschenden Hellenozentrismus der klassischen Philologie in Frage stellte. Schelling kannte die Arbeit von Creuzer, und viele seiner Texte können als Dialog mit dem Philologen verstanden werden.
Fernando Wirtz untersucht die dunkle Seite der Schellingschen Philosophie, eine Philosophie, die sich dem Bereich der Irrationalität und der Angst nähert. Der Begriff der Angst bezieht sich auf die Erfahrung des religiösen Bewusstseins, das von den Bildern seiner Andersheit überrascht wird. In diesem Sinne hört die Philosophie auf, eine rein diskursive Aufgabe zu sein und wird zu einer Phänomenologie der Angst.
Works as editor by Fernando Wirtz
Después de la nada ayuda a conocer este pensamiento, haciéndolo más accesible. Asimismo, contribu... more Después de la nada ayuda a conocer este pensamiento, haciéndolo más accesible. Asimismo, contribuye a la proyección global de la filosofía del este asiático en general y de la japonesa, en particular corrigiendo algunos sesgos de los problemas filosóficos que se repiten en algunas obras que están disponibles en español: el nacionalismo metodológico, el criterio en la selección de los autores, la categorización de la transmisión del conocimiento de figuras, escuelas o textos de la contemporaneidad filosófica en Japón.
Champalimaud Foundation, Lissabon. Er ist auch Hauptredaktor der interkulturellen Zeitschrift For... more Champalimaud Foundation, Lissabon. Er ist auch Hauptredaktor der interkulturellen Zeitschrift Forum Nepantla und arbeitet an der Entwicklung von Lernmaterialen zur Lateinamerikanischen Philosophie innerhalb eines Projekts von der Eberle Stiftung.
polylog 49 Sommer 2023 Lara Hofner: Editorial Futurismus und Futurität Hg. Răzvan Sandru, Fer... more polylog 49
Sommer 2023
Lara Hofner: Editorial
Futurismus und Futurität
Hg. Răzvan Sandru, Fernando Wirtz, Mădălina Diaconu
Articles by Fernando Wirtz
JTLA (Journal of the Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo, Aesthetics), Special Volume 1 (2023), 2025
Philosophie in Lateinamerika: Eine Einführung
Miki Kiyoshi and the Crisis of Thought, 2023
Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Beihefte , 2024
Übersetzung und Überlieferung von Philosophie Herausgegeben von Aurelio Calderón, Ralf Müller un... more Übersetzung und Überlieferung von Philosophie
Herausgegeben von Aurelio Calderón, Ralf Müller und Xenia Wenzel.
Kyoto in Davos. Intercultural Readings of the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate, 2023
In this article, I explore Miki Kiyoshi’s concept of humanism. For Miki, his time was marked by t... more In this article, I explore Miki Kiyoshi’s concept of humanism. For Miki, his time was marked by the necessity for establishing a new humanism. It was necessary, for him, to engage with the question of humanism and what humanity is. Nevertheless, the formulation of this question was, for him, already a kind of humanist praxis, since he interpreted humanity as being something open, and never as a closed, clearly limited essence. This is the main idea that guided Miki’s quest for a new human: the myth of the human. For Miki, the concept of myth does not refer to the idea of archaic myth, but to a certain emotional image (in Sorel’s sense) that generates a sense of unity and belonging. In this sense, for Miki, myth is a historical fiction of great power.
Journal East Asian Philosophy, 2023
This article introduces the little-studied figure of Saigusa Hiroto, a twentieth century Marxist ... more This article introduces the little-studied figure of Saigusa Hiroto, a twentieth century Marxist philosopher who reconstructed the history of technical thought in Japan. The article focuses on Saigusa's thought between 1939 and 1942, contextualizes his thinking in relation to the technology controversy of the 1930s and presents his critique of the dualism between spiritual and technological culture. Saigusa defines technology as a "means as a process" and not a skill or system of things. The author argues that Saigusa's notion of "means as a process" dislocates the idea of Western technology as superior to Eastern technology, paving the way for current debates in the field of post-European philosophies of technology.
Journal of East Asian Philosophy, 2023
This paper attempts to examine how the concept of character in Tosaka's philsoophy presents us wi... more This paper attempts to examine how the concept of character in Tosaka's philsoophy presents us with the distinctive features of a situated epistemology. To do this, I will make comparative, although by no means exhaustive, use of the work of Heinrich Rickert. I will not attempt to argue that Rickert was Tosaka's main interlocutor; however, I will show that the concept of character can be understood as a response to one of the challenges posed by the neo-Kantian philosopher: how can history be grasped philosophically without falling into metaphysical reduction or subjective relativism? Tosaka would answer this question through the concepts of character and everydayness.
History of European Ideas, 2023
In this article, I seek to present some examples of the philosophy of myth in Japan during the ea... more In this article, I seek to present some examples of the philosophy of myth in Japan during the early Shōwa era (1926–1945), especially in works by Tanabe Hajime, Kihira Tadayoshi, Isobe Tadamasa, Kōsaka Masaaki and Miki Kiyoshi. While the concept of myth is closely linked to the question of nationality, I intend to show that the philosophical concept of myth is also related to a fundamental ambiguity that prevents an absolutisation of myth and offers specific conceptual tools for a critique of nationality.
Un sistema del pleno conocimiento Schelling y el Sistema del idealismo trascendental de 1800, 2023
Eds: Johanna Hueck, Rafael Aragüés Aliaga, Rafael Reyna Fortes, VV.AA. El Sistema del idealismo... more Eds: Johanna Hueck, Rafael Aragüés Aliaga, Rafael Reyna Fortes, VV.AA.
El Sistema del idealismo trascendental de Schelling es una de las obras centrales del idealismo alemán, tan relevante como compleja. En él se reflejan en pleno desarrollo los grandes debates de toda una época: la herencia de Kant y la filosofía trascendental, la necesidad de una filosofía de la naturaleza, la relación entre necesidad y libertad, la relevancia del concepto de organismo, el papel del arte y la intuición estética. Pocas obras de la Historia de la filosofía emprenden un proyecto tan radical, llevándolo además hasta sus últimas consecuencias: establecer un sistema de todo el saber, un sistema del pleno conocimiento. Este libro ofrece al lector una serie de materiales para acompañar la lectura del Sistema del idealismo trascendental, textos en los que grandes conocedores de la filosofía del autor se adentran en diversos aspectos de la misma. En ellos se encontrará una orientación en esta rica y compleja obra, un punto de apoyo a la lectura, con imprescindibles referencias a otras obras de Schelling, así como a ideas y debates filosóficos, científicos y culturales que enmarcan el contenido del Sistema.
EXLIBRIS, 2023
SYMBOL AND IMAGE IN THE EARLY WORK OF FRIEDRICH CREUZER
Freedom and Creation in Schelling , 2022
Der vorliegende Sammelband enthält internationale Forschungsbeiträge zum Zusammenhang von Freihei... more Der vorliegende Sammelband enthält internationale Forschungsbeiträge zum Zusammenhang von Freiheit und Schöpfung in F. W. J. Schellings Spätphilosophie. Das in der Forschung gestiegene Interesse an Letzterer sowie die zunehmende Verfügbarkeit von Schellings Texten führt dazu, dass traditionelle Lehrmeinungen über den Charakter seiner Spätphilosophie hinterfragt oder gänzlich verworfen werden. Anstatt etwa seine Erlanger, Münchener und Berliner Philosophie als bloße Apologie eines orthodoxen Theismus zu interpretieren, fokussieren Forscher*innen auf die Entwicklung und die Kontinuitäten in Schellings Denken insgesamt. Der Schellings gesamte Philosophie prägende Zusammenhang zwischen dem Freiheitsbegriff und der Schöpfungslehre wird hier eingehend untersucht, in einer ausgewogenen Mischung aus Exegese, systematischer Rekonstruktion und philosophischer Analyse.
Cadernos IHU ideias, 2022
Neste texto, apresento algumas das ideias mais importantes do pensador japonês Miki Kiyoshi (1897... more Neste texto, apresento algumas das ideias mais importantes do pensador japonês Miki Kiyoshi (1897-1945). Miki é um filósofo difícil de catalogar, com uma vasta produção (suas Obras Completas têm 20 volumes) e que foi pouco lida fora do Japão. Apesar disso, ele foi uma figura central durante a década de 1930 e suas ideias influenciaram muitos autores
do pós-guerra. Espero que este texto sirva como uma pequena contribuição aos materiais escritos em português sobre filosofia japonesa.
Die amerikanischen Philosophien wurden historisch von der Landkarte getilgt und als »Aberglaube«,... more Die amerikanischen Philosophien wurden historisch von der Landkarte getilgt und als »Aberglaube«, »Religion« oder »Mythos« abgestempelt. Das europäische Denken dominierte jahrhundertelang in Lateinamerika und bestimmte somit, was als Philosophie und Wissen galt. Die politische Unabhängigkeit leitete einen kritischen Prozess der intellektuellen Autonomie ein, wodurch die frühere Unsichtbarkeit des amerikanischen Denkens sowohl prä- als auch nach-kolumbianisch allmählich auf der Landkarte zum Vorschein kam. Infolgedessen drängte sich die Frage auf: »Gibt es und gab es eine Philosophie in Lateinamerika?« Diese Frage nach der Existenz einer lateinamerikanischen Philosophie war an sich performativ. Sie selbst beweist die Existenz eines kritischen Denkens. Die Frage selbst war eine Übung, die die Konstruktion einer Philosophie implizierte. Die Philosophie in Lateinamerika ist nicht nur geschichtlich relevant. Ihre Entwicklung war ein vielschichtiger Prozess, der heute auch im Rahmen der Politik (z. B. Populismustheorien), der Theologie (Befreiungstheologie) und der Literaturwissenschaften (Post- und Dekolonialismus) von großer Bedeutung ist. Vielleicht weckt diese Einführung in den Lesern und Leserinnen den Wunsch, den Weg der lateinamerikanischen Philosophie auf eigene Faust weiterzugehen. Preguntando caminamos – Fragen stellend gehen wir
Miki Kiyoshi and the Crisis of Thought, 2024
Steve Lofts, Nakamura Norihito & Fernando Wirtz, eds. Miki Kiyoshi (1897–1945) is arguably one ... more Steve Lofts, Nakamura Norihito & Fernando Wirtz, eds.
Miki Kiyoshi (1897–1945) is arguably one of the most underappreciated thinkers of the Kyoto School—certainly outside of Japan. This collection examines his life and thought as someone who “continuously wandered in search of his own path.” The first three essays examine his confrontation with Neo-Kantianism, Heidegger, and Marxism. The next four essays focus on his philosophy history, technology, anthropology, and the logic of imagination. The final three essays present Miki’s intellectual journey beyond the confines of the Academy: his work as an editor, journalist, and public intellectual, and the reception of his thought in Korea.
Estudio preliminar, traducción y notas: Fernando Wirtz y Lucas Scarfia ISBN: 978-987-48998-2-8 ... more Estudio preliminar, traducción y notas: Fernando Wirtz y Lucas Scarfia
ISBN: 978-987-48998-2-8
Año: 2023 23x14 cm
Páginas: 92
Editorial: Ragif Ediciones
Schelling war einer der wenigen Philosophen seiner Zeit, die versuchten, den Eigenwert der Mythen... more Schelling war einer der wenigen Philosophen seiner Zeit, die versuchten, den Eigenwert der Mythen zu rehabilitieren, indem er zeigte, dass Mythen nicht nur bizarre Fiktionen der menschlichen Imagination sind, sondern die Seinsformen des religiösen Bewusstseins. Schellings Schriften zum Problem der Mythologie sind im Kontext der in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts geführten Debatte über den Ursprung der Mythen zu verstehen. F. Creuzer war ein bedeutender Autor, der den vorherrschenden Hellenozentrismus der klassischen Philologie in Frage stellte. Schelling kannte die Arbeit von Creuzer, und viele seiner Texte können als Dialog mit dem Philologen verstanden werden.
Fernando Wirtz untersucht die dunkle Seite der Schellingschen Philosophie, eine Philosophie, die sich dem Bereich der Irrationalität und der Angst nähert. Der Begriff der Angst bezieht sich auf die Erfahrung des religiösen Bewusstseins, das von den Bildern seiner Andersheit überrascht wird. In diesem Sinne hört die Philosophie auf, eine rein diskursive Aufgabe zu sein und wird zu einer Phänomenologie der Angst.
Después de la nada ayuda a conocer este pensamiento, haciéndolo más accesible. Asimismo, contribu... more Después de la nada ayuda a conocer este pensamiento, haciéndolo más accesible. Asimismo, contribuye a la proyección global de la filosofía del este asiático en general y de la japonesa, en particular corrigiendo algunos sesgos de los problemas filosóficos que se repiten en algunas obras que están disponibles en español: el nacionalismo metodológico, el criterio en la selección de los autores, la categorización de la transmisión del conocimiento de figuras, escuelas o textos de la contemporaneidad filosófica en Japón.
Champalimaud Foundation, Lissabon. Er ist auch Hauptredaktor der interkulturellen Zeitschrift For... more Champalimaud Foundation, Lissabon. Er ist auch Hauptredaktor der interkulturellen Zeitschrift Forum Nepantla und arbeitet an der Entwicklung von Lernmaterialen zur Lateinamerikanischen Philosophie innerhalb eines Projekts von der Eberle Stiftung.
polylog 49 Sommer 2023 Lara Hofner: Editorial Futurismus und Futurität Hg. Răzvan Sandru, Fer... more polylog 49
Sommer 2023
Lara Hofner: Editorial
Futurismus und Futurität
Hg. Răzvan Sandru, Fernando Wirtz, Mădălina Diaconu
JTLA (Journal of the Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo, Aesthetics), Special Volume 1 (2023), 2025
Philosophie in Lateinamerika: Eine Einführung
Miki Kiyoshi and the Crisis of Thought, 2023
Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Beihefte , 2024
Übersetzung und Überlieferung von Philosophie Herausgegeben von Aurelio Calderón, Ralf Müller un... more Übersetzung und Überlieferung von Philosophie
Herausgegeben von Aurelio Calderón, Ralf Müller und Xenia Wenzel.
Kyoto in Davos. Intercultural Readings of the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate, 2023
In this article, I explore Miki Kiyoshi’s concept of humanism. For Miki, his time was marked by t... more In this article, I explore Miki Kiyoshi’s concept of humanism. For Miki, his time was marked by the necessity for establishing a new humanism. It was necessary, for him, to engage with the question of humanism and what humanity is. Nevertheless, the formulation of this question was, for him, already a kind of humanist praxis, since he interpreted humanity as being something open, and never as a closed, clearly limited essence. This is the main idea that guided Miki’s quest for a new human: the myth of the human. For Miki, the concept of myth does not refer to the idea of archaic myth, but to a certain emotional image (in Sorel’s sense) that generates a sense of unity and belonging. In this sense, for Miki, myth is a historical fiction of great power.
Journal East Asian Philosophy, 2023
This article introduces the little-studied figure of Saigusa Hiroto, a twentieth century Marxist ... more This article introduces the little-studied figure of Saigusa Hiroto, a twentieth century Marxist philosopher who reconstructed the history of technical thought in Japan. The article focuses on Saigusa's thought between 1939 and 1942, contextualizes his thinking in relation to the technology controversy of the 1930s and presents his critique of the dualism between spiritual and technological culture. Saigusa defines technology as a "means as a process" and not a skill or system of things. The author argues that Saigusa's notion of "means as a process" dislocates the idea of Western technology as superior to Eastern technology, paving the way for current debates in the field of post-European philosophies of technology.
Journal of East Asian Philosophy, 2023
This paper attempts to examine how the concept of character in Tosaka's philsoophy presents us wi... more This paper attempts to examine how the concept of character in Tosaka's philsoophy presents us with the distinctive features of a situated epistemology. To do this, I will make comparative, although by no means exhaustive, use of the work of Heinrich Rickert. I will not attempt to argue that Rickert was Tosaka's main interlocutor; however, I will show that the concept of character can be understood as a response to one of the challenges posed by the neo-Kantian philosopher: how can history be grasped philosophically without falling into metaphysical reduction or subjective relativism? Tosaka would answer this question through the concepts of character and everydayness.
History of European Ideas, 2023
In this article, I seek to present some examples of the philosophy of myth in Japan during the ea... more In this article, I seek to present some examples of the philosophy of myth in Japan during the early Shōwa era (1926–1945), especially in works by Tanabe Hajime, Kihira Tadayoshi, Isobe Tadamasa, Kōsaka Masaaki and Miki Kiyoshi. While the concept of myth is closely linked to the question of nationality, I intend to show that the philosophical concept of myth is also related to a fundamental ambiguity that prevents an absolutisation of myth and offers specific conceptual tools for a critique of nationality.
Un sistema del pleno conocimiento Schelling y el Sistema del idealismo trascendental de 1800, 2023
Eds: Johanna Hueck, Rafael Aragüés Aliaga, Rafael Reyna Fortes, VV.AA. El Sistema del idealismo... more Eds: Johanna Hueck, Rafael Aragüés Aliaga, Rafael Reyna Fortes, VV.AA.
El Sistema del idealismo trascendental de Schelling es una de las obras centrales del idealismo alemán, tan relevante como compleja. En él se reflejan en pleno desarrollo los grandes debates de toda una época: la herencia de Kant y la filosofía trascendental, la necesidad de una filosofía de la naturaleza, la relación entre necesidad y libertad, la relevancia del concepto de organismo, el papel del arte y la intuición estética. Pocas obras de la Historia de la filosofía emprenden un proyecto tan radical, llevándolo además hasta sus últimas consecuencias: establecer un sistema de todo el saber, un sistema del pleno conocimiento. Este libro ofrece al lector una serie de materiales para acompañar la lectura del Sistema del idealismo trascendental, textos en los que grandes conocedores de la filosofía del autor se adentran en diversos aspectos de la misma. En ellos se encontrará una orientación en esta rica y compleja obra, un punto de apoyo a la lectura, con imprescindibles referencias a otras obras de Schelling, así como a ideas y debates filosóficos, científicos y culturales que enmarcan el contenido del Sistema.
EXLIBRIS, 2023
SYMBOL AND IMAGE IN THE EARLY WORK OF FRIEDRICH CREUZER
Freedom and Creation in Schelling , 2022
Der vorliegende Sammelband enthält internationale Forschungsbeiträge zum Zusammenhang von Freihei... more Der vorliegende Sammelband enthält internationale Forschungsbeiträge zum Zusammenhang von Freiheit und Schöpfung in F. W. J. Schellings Spätphilosophie. Das in der Forschung gestiegene Interesse an Letzterer sowie die zunehmende Verfügbarkeit von Schellings Texten führt dazu, dass traditionelle Lehrmeinungen über den Charakter seiner Spätphilosophie hinterfragt oder gänzlich verworfen werden. Anstatt etwa seine Erlanger, Münchener und Berliner Philosophie als bloße Apologie eines orthodoxen Theismus zu interpretieren, fokussieren Forscher*innen auf die Entwicklung und die Kontinuitäten in Schellings Denken insgesamt. Der Schellings gesamte Philosophie prägende Zusammenhang zwischen dem Freiheitsbegriff und der Schöpfungslehre wird hier eingehend untersucht, in einer ausgewogenen Mischung aus Exegese, systematischer Rekonstruktion und philosophischer Analyse.
Cadernos IHU ideias, 2022
Neste texto, apresento algumas das ideias mais importantes do pensador japonês Miki Kiyoshi (1897... more Neste texto, apresento algumas das ideias mais importantes do pensador japonês Miki Kiyoshi (1897-1945). Miki é um filósofo difícil de catalogar, com uma vasta produção (suas Obras Completas têm 20 volumes) e que foi pouco lida fora do Japão. Apesar disso, ele foi uma figura central durante a década de 1930 e suas ideias influenciaram muitos autores
do pós-guerra. Espero que este texto sirva como uma pequena contribuição aos materiais escritos em português sobre filosofia japonesa.
Asian philosophy, 2022
In this paper, I argue that Miki’s concept of myth offers a continuation and consolidation of his... more In this paper, I argue that Miki’s concept of myth offers a continuation and consolidation of his Philosophy of History (1932), providing an important conceptual tool to comprehend his philosophical project. To understand Miki’s originality, it is important to contrast his conception of history with that of Rickert’s, one of Miki’s professors during his stay in Germany. Although scholarship about the Kyōto School does not mention these texts, between 1932 and 1935, Miki’s writing focuses on the importance of myth as a manifestation of the historical consciousness during periods of social crisis. Thus, myth, as a form of knowledge tied to the most fundamental ontological level of human existence (that Miki calls ‘fact’), was able to serve as an operationalization of social change.
Technophany, 2021
This paper explores the notion of cosmotechnics in the context of the history of Latin American p... more This paper explores the notion of cosmotechnics in the context of the history of Latin American philosophy. Since the nineteenth century, Latin American philosophy has developed through an ongoing confrontation between conceptions of "civilization and barbarism." This tension in turn has impacted the relationship between Latin American philosophy and technology. Consequently, a certain "absence of technique" is visible as a recurring topos in Latin American philosophies. To overcome this apparent absence, this paper criticizes the notion of mestizaje using Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui's concept of ch'ixi ('motley') as an alternative framework. From this perspective, Guaman Poma de Ayala's description of colonial violence reveals some hints for deconstructing the idea of "Latin Americanness", while retaining the notion of cosmotechnics. Thus, this paper goes beyond geocultures and metatechnology by formulating a theory of cosmotechnics that is able to articulate politically antagonistic narratives in terms of technical materiality.
European Journal of Japanese Philosophy (EJJP), 2021
trans., Nakamura Norihito & Fernando Wirtz, 323–351.
Handbuch Gemeinwohl, 2021
Cite this entry as: Weidtmann N., Wirtz F., Sandru A.R. (2021) Nicht-westliche Gemeinwohlkonzepti... more Cite this entry as:
Weidtmann N., Wirtz F., Sandru A.R. (2021) Nicht-westliche Gemeinwohlkonzeptionen. In: Hiebaum C. (eds) Handbuch Gemeinwohl. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-21086-1_16-1
European Journal of Japanese Philosophy, 2020
The aim of this article is to elucidate Miki’s theory of ideology by presenting it together with ... more The aim of this article is to elucidate Miki’s theory of ideology by presenting it together with his concept of myth. In order to do so, I will focus mainly upon two texts: Historical Materialism and Present-Day Consciousness (1928) and Preparatory Concepts in Social Science (1932) respectively. Although these two works belong to very different periods of Miki’s life, I will argue that it is possible to trace a continuity between them by means of the concept of ideology. In a nutshell, this discussion shall reveal that, according to Miki, ideology and myth do not represent modes of false consciousness, but rather praxis-oriented operationalizations of social knowledge that are particularly important during periods of political dislocation.
Keywords: Miki Kiyoshi—ideology—myth—commodification—fundamental experience—Marxism—utopia— Georges Sorel—Karl Mannheim—Yves Citton
Schelling-Studien, 2019
Co-authored with Alexander Bilda
Revue philosophique, 2024
Revue philosophique, 3 (2024), S. 400-402 (Patrick Cerutti).
Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin, 2024
The literature on postwar Japanese philosophy in English is very scarce. Many of the most relevan... more The literature on postwar Japanese philosophy in English is very scarce. Many of the most relevant postwar Japanese philosophers, with the exception of Karatani Kōjin, remain largely untranslated into European languages. Matsui Nobuyuki's latest book offers not only a scholarly approach to some crucial philosophical problems of postwar philosophy, but also a critical investigation of what the postwar period meant and an attempt to highlight its relevance for understanding today's post-industrial societies. World War II and the defeat of Japan were historical events of not only political and social importance, but also of intellectual and cultural importance. Postwar philosophy defined itself in opposition to wartime philosophy, especially in contrast to the philosophers of the Kyoto School. This constellation of philosophers, which included Nishida Kitarō, Tanabe Hajime, Nishitani Keiji, Miki Kiyoshi, and Kōsaka Masaaki, represented for postwar philosophers the failure of reason in the face of sentimentalist patriotism. Indeed, many of the philosophers of the Kyoto School tried to interpret philosophically the historical moment in which they lived. This was often expressed in defense of Japan's leadership as the guide of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Of course, this heroic voluntarism was shattered with the Allied victory as a result of the horrendous attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Matsui's book investigates the echoes of the tension between prewar and postwar in the form of different aspects; the main one being the tension between pathos and logos. According to Nishida's disciple, Miki Kiyoshi, who had also been an intellectual and political personality of great importance during the 1930s and 1940s, human existence is characterized by the dialectical struggle between pathos and logos, between embodied subjectivity and the objectivity of reason. The "rift"-as Matsui (7) calls it-between pathos and logos is the conceptual mark of the historical tension between wartime and postwar philosophy. Even if it deals mainly with authors of the postwar period, the specters of the Kyoto School are still present throughout the book.
Fernando Wirtz Philosophy East and West University of Hawai'i Press Volume 73, Number 4, October... more Fernando Wirtz
Philosophy East and West
University of Hawai'i Press
Volume 73, Number 4, October 2023
Revista de Estud(i)os sobre Fichte, 2021
Gerlach, S., Handlung bei Schelling: Zur Fundamentaltheorie von Praxis, Zeit und Religion im mitt... more Gerlach, S., Handlung bei Schelling: Zur Fundamentaltheorie von Praxis, Zeit und Religion im mittleren und späten Werk (Philosophische Abhandlungen 117), Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann, 2019, 390 pp., ISBN 978-3-465-04393-5
von Schelling und Hegel kommt -nach Ansicht des Verf. -die »Vielfalt denkerischer Bemühungen in d... more von Schelling und Hegel kommt -nach Ansicht des Verf. -die »Vielfalt denkerischer Bemühungen in der Philosophiegeschichte« zum Ausdruck, welche im Sinne Schellings darauf hinweist, »dass es niemals ein in sich geschlossenes System menschlichen Wissens gegeben hat, noch je geben kann. Es existieren vielmehr grundsätzlich widerstreitende Systeme, wobei kein System der anderen »›Meister‹ werden kann« (256). Sofern dies der Fall ist, wäre fortführend zu diskutieren, ob dies nur exploratorische oder auch inhaltliche Folgen hat; diese Diskussion übersteigt jedoch zweifelsfrei den Anspruch einer Gesamtdarstellung des schellingschen OEuvre.
Deriva Online, 2020
In Deriva Online Nr 2, editado por Pablo Ontivero y Athos Pastore, 2020.
Revista Blast
El término «post-digital», empleado como adjetivo, se usa generalmente para describir obras de ar... more El término «post-digital», empleado como adjetivo, se usa generalmente para describir obras de arte que generan un distanciamiento crítico con los medios digitales al mismo tiempo que usan lo digital mismo como medio. Se trata de obras que poseen, pues,
Código y Frontera, 2020
Muchos universales han caído a lo largo de las últimas décadas. Parece que también llegó la hora ... more Muchos universales han caído a lo largo de las últimas décadas. Parece que también llegó la hora de cuestionar el relato sobre la universalidad del progreso técnico y tecnológico. En esta oportunidad, Fernando Wirtz, doctor en filosofía por la Universidad de Tübingen y uno de los responsables de Forum-Nepantla, nos acerca algunas reflexiones sobre La pregunta concerniente a la tecnología en China: un ensayo sobre cosmotécnica del filósofo chino Yuk Hui. * * * Yuk Hui es un joven investigador que ofrece una visión renovada de la relación entre tecnología y cultura, una relación que él resume mediante la noción de 'cosmotécnica'. ¿Qué significa 'cosmotécnica'? En general pensamos a la tecnología como un fenómeno universal. En ese sentido se habla de civilizaciones o pueblos 'más avanzados técnicamente' que otros. Así se explicó por ejemplo la 'superioridad' de los europeos al conquistar el territorio americano pero también en sus incursiones político-militares en Asia durante el siglo 19 y 20. El filósofo Hui pone en duda, precisamente, esa premisa universalista. ¿Qué pasaría si no existiera sólo una tecnología sino muchas cosmotécnicas? ¿Cómo se vería afectada nuestra percepción de la historia? Quizás el paradigma occidental según el cual el desarrollo tecnológico se presenta como una progresión unidireccional acumulativa sea sólo un modo de pensar la tecnología. El objetivo del siguiente texto es presentar brevemente las ideas más importantes que Hui presenta en su libro La pregunta concerniente a la tecnología en China: un ensayo sobre cosmotécnica del año 2016.
Revista Seda de Estudios Orientales, 2008
APROXIMACIONES A LAS NOCIONES DE MUNDO MUNDIAL Y POLÍTICA DE NISHIDA KITARÔ. PRIMERA PARTE Fe r... more APROXIMACIONES A LAS NOCIONES DE MUNDO MUNDIAL Y POLÍTICA DE NISHIDA KITARÔ. PRIMERA PARTE Fe r n a n d o Wi r tz o c tu br e 24, 20 0 8 Se d a
Revista Seda de Estudios Orientales, 2008
Evaristo Cultural logo DES TACADO DISNEY REGRESA AL FORMATO FÍSICO CON SBP El sujeto no es ... more Evaristo Cultural logo DES TACADO DISNEY REGRESA AL FORMATO FÍSICO CON SBP El sujeto no es un tópico, no es un lugar localizable, un punto. El sujeto no es una fortaleza estratégica desde la cual se ataca. El sujeto, ante todo, es una herida siempre abierta. Fluye continuamente, se fuga, y se desborda de los márgenes. La teoría ética de Nishida es una teoría del desborde, es una ética que no trata al sujeto como a una coordenada estratégica de un campo de guerra, sino como a un río que sangra y desborda.
During the outbreak of the Second World War in 1941 and 1942, four philosophers and historians af... more During the outbreak of the Second World War in 1941 and 1942, four philosophers and historians affiliated with the Kyoto School participated in three symposiums organized by the literature magazine Chūō Kōron. The first symposium, titled ‘The Standpoint of World History and Japan,’ positioned Asia against Europe and advocated for Japan’s historical role in reshaping world history and overcoming Western decadence in view of the decline of the Occident. This narrative purportedly justified Japan’s military activities in Asia. The subsequent year (1942) saw the convening of a symposium titled “Overcoming Modernity” by Bungakukai, featuring participation from philosophers, historians, and critics of music and literature, in which Western modernity is posed as a problem to be resolved. The Kyoto School philosophy fell out of favor in the post-war philosophical landscape, only resurfacing in the past decade with growing international interest. While the legacies of the Kyoto School and the “Overcoming Modernity” movement warrant attention, they must be contextualized within a historical process that demands reassessment today; in other words, we have to overcome the “Overcoming Modernity” in order to shed light on distinct paths toward the future.
Today, we are witnessing the consequences of another historical process: planetarization. Unlike the desire for the consciousness of world history starting from Hegel to Kojève and further, we are now called to a planetary consciousness. Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, it has become impossible to comprehend the world solely from the perspectives of Hegel’s Berlin or Kojève’s Paris, even though nation-states continue to grapple with their obsolescence. The modern individual is becoming increasingly displaced or disoriented, a predicament foreseen by Martin Heidegger in his “Letter on Humanism” (1946): “Die Heimatlosigkeit wird ein Weltschicksal (Homelessness will be a destiny of the world).” Modern individuals are experiencing a sense of homelessness due to planetarization (formerly referred to as globalization, often seen as a milestone marking the end of history), a process of homogenization that, coupled with the exploitation of natural and human resources, manifested in extractionism and real estate speculation, inevitably leads to exhaustion.
The theme of “Overcoming Modernity” has resurfaced repeatedly, particularly in recent decades, echoing the “ontological turn” movement associated with anthropologists such as Bruno Latour and Philippe Descola, as well as the critique of the Anthropocene. Additionally, it has become intertwined with reactionary politics largely fuelled by an ideological war between the East and the West. In this symposium, we propose a shift in our standpoint from a world history oriented towards the Absolute or the concrete universal to one that acknowledges inevitable homelessness, and from the standpoint of a nation-state to that of the planet. This new situation necessitates a renewed framework for understanding the planetary condition, prompting an actualization and critique not only of Kyoto School philosophy but also philosophy in general: What might philosophy’s responses be to the current planetary condition? How might Asian thought contribute to this reflection on the planetary?
Date
13:00-17:30(JST), November 29 & 30, 2024
@Rakuvu Kaikan, Kyoto University(京都大学 樂友会館), organised by Organized by Masatake Shinohara (GSAIS)... more @Rakuvu Kaikan, Kyoto University(京都大学 樂友会館), organised by Organized by Masatake Shinohara (GSAIS) and Fernando Wirtz (Dept. of Japanese Philosophy)
Globally Shared Common Sense from the Philosophy of Imagination: Bridging Eastern and Western Perspectives , 2022
The Contemporary Significance of the Philosophy of Miki Kiyoshi December 17th, Saturday 令和4年1... more The Contemporary Significance of the Philosophy of Miki Kiyoshi
December 17th, Saturday
令和4年12月17日 (土)
Kyoto University, Yoshida South Campus, Building 1, room 24
京都大学・吉田南1号館・1共24演習室
Organized by Dr. Stephen Lofts, Dr. Fernando Wirtz, MA. Norihito Nakamura with the institutional support of Dr. Niels Weidtmann (president of the CIIS and the GIP).
With the financial support of Toshiba Foundation.
Language: English
In the last few years, there has been a growing interest in the work of Miki Kiyoshi (1897-1945). A prominent member of the Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy founded by Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945), Miki was a prolific philosopher and militant socio-political thinker. His philosophy provides a bold and original account of the human that seeks to establish the ground for a critical and creative politics. Once seen only as a student of Nishida, Miki is now recognized to have in fact exerted a great influence on the development of Nishida’s philosophy and thus on the Kyoto School.
Miki’s work provides us with a philosophy of ‘action’ and ‘creation.’ Miki was convinced of the critical role of philosophy in the critical question not only of authority but of the self, and in this way in the fundamental transformation of the socio-political sphere. His existential philosophy did not admit metaphysical presuppositions and challenged both naturalism and romantic mysticism which he saw as the root of fascism.
This workshop is part of a series of events that seek to highlight the philosophical importance of Miki Kiyoshi. Together with the Toshiba Foundation and the Society for Intercultural Philosophy, we are also planning the first collection of critical essays on Miki's philosophy.
Source of the image: Miki Kiyoshi Zenshu (Iwanami)
One of the practical questions we are interested in discussing is what are the narratives that mo... more One of the practical questions we are interested in discussing is what are the narratives that mobilize social movements, both left and right. Furthermore, in this workshop, we will also focus on the following questions: What kind of roles do political myths play today? Moreover, is it licit to speak of “myths” in an era where Twitter and social networks play a central role in the distribution of information? What is the difference between “myths”, “slogans”, “fake news”?
本ワークショップは、左翼・右翼を問わず、社会運動を動員するナラティブとは何かという実践的な問いを焦点化するものです。また、本研究会では以下の論点についても議論します。すなわち、今日において、政治的神話はいかなる役割を果たしているでしょうか。さらに、ツイッターのようなSNSが情報流通の中心的役割を果たす時代に、「神話」を語ることは妥当と言えるでしょうか。「神話」、「スローガン」、「フェイクニュース」の違いは何なのでしょうか。
Populism is usually thought of as based on the figure of a charismatic leader who functions as a Signifier in capital letters, guiding and manipulating the rest of the electorate. Is it also possible to investigate the production of myths and narratives “from below”? Both right-wing and left-wing movements can be “popular” and can receive support from the most economically vulnerable strata of society. Is there still a place for revolutionary myths or is all political fiction tied to dominant power, irrationalism and being an instrument of real power?
This program is managed by the Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research (CPIER) and the Kyoto University Research Administration Office (KURA) and supported by the MEXT-sponsored program for promoting the enhancement of research universities (Kyoto University).
Everydayness and Mediality in Japanese Philosophy Organized by the College of Fellows (CIIS), Tüb... more Everydayness and Mediality in Japanese Philosophy
Organized by the College of Fellows (CIIS), Tübingen University and the Society for Intercultural Philosophy (GIP)
February 11, 2022
Timetable (CET)
8:30 Presentation
9:00 Yoko Arisaka (Miki)
10:00 Stephen Lofts (Nakai and Miki)
11:00 Nobuyuki Matsui (Nakamura)
12:00 Break
13:00 Kenn Nakata Steffensen (Miki)
14:00 Leon Krings (Nakai)
15:00 Fabian Schäfer (Tosaka)
The event is online and the participation is free of charge.
If you want to participate write us to: events@int-gip.de
Thinking for Oneself? 1st Young GIP Workshop Thinking for Oneself? Colombian Teachers, Japanes... more Thinking for Oneself?
1st Young GIP Workshop
Thinking for Oneself?
Colombian Teachers, Japanese Biomimetics & Persian Travelogues