Keiji nishitani biography of mahatma

Japanese university professor, scholar, and Kyoto School philosopher

Keiji Nishitani (西谷 啓治, Nishitani Keiji, February 27, – November 24, ) was a Japanese philosopher.

Keiji nishitani biography of mahatma

He was a scholar of the Kyoto School and a disciple of Kitarō Nishida. In , Nishitani received his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University for his dissertation "Das Ideale und das Reale bei Schelling und Bergson". He studied under Martin Heidegger in Freiburg from to

Career

Nishitani held the principal Chair of Philosophy and Religion at Kyoto University from until becoming emeritus in He then taught philosophy and religion at Ōtani University.

At various times Nishitani was a visiting professor in the United States and Europe.

According to James Heisig, after being banned from holding any public position by the United States Occupation authorities in July , Nishitani refrained from drawing "practical social conscience into philosophical and religious ideas, preferring to think about