Rather than focusing on the Kyoto School's wartime legacy, this original book examines the philosophical texts of the members of the Kyoto School, proving that they developed serious and sophisticated positions on many key questions of political philosophy.

Preface James W. Heisig. The Kyoto School and the History of Political Philosophy: Reconsidering the Methodological Dominance of the Cambridge School Chris Goto-Jones. Turns to and from Political Philosophy: The Case of Nishitani Keiji Bret W. Davis. The Individual and Individualism in Nishida and Tanabe Matteo Cestari. Constituting Aesthetic/Moral National Space - The Kyoto School and the Place of Nation Yumiko Iida. Time, Everydayness and the Specter of Fascism: Tosaka Jun and Philosophy's New Vocation Harry D. Harootunian. What was the 'Japanese Philosophy of History'? An Inquiry into the Dynamics of the 'World-Historical Standpoint' of the Kyoto School Christian Uhl. Romanticism, Conservatism and the Kyoto School of Philosophy Kevin M. Doa. The Definite Internationalism of the Kyoto School: Changing Attitudes in the Contemporary Academy Graham Parkes. Resistance to Conclusion: Kyoto School Philosophy under the Pax Americana Naoki Sakai