{"product_id":"ontology-of-production-three-essays-paperback","title":"Ontology of Production: Three Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Haver\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eNishida Kitaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOntology of Production\u003c\/i\u003e presents three essays by the influential Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945), translated for the first time into English by William Haver. While previous translations of his writings have framed Nishida within Asian or Oriental philosophical traditions, Haver's introduction and approach to the texts rightly situate the work within Nishida's own commitment to Western philosophy. In particular, Haver focuses on Nishida's sustained and rigorous engagement with Marx's conception of production. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgreeing with Marx that ontology is production and production is ontology, Nishida in these three essays--\"Expressive Activity\" (1925), \"The Standpoint of Active Intuition\" (1935), and \"Human Being\" (1938)--addresses sense and reason, language and thought, intuition and appropriation, ultimately arguing that in this concept of production, ideality and materiality are neither mutually exclusive nor oppositional but, rather, coimmanent. Nishida's forceful articulation of the radical nature of Marx's theory of production is, Haver contends, particularly timely in today's speculation-driven global economy. Nishida's reading of Marx, which points to the inseparability of immaterial intellectual labor and material manual labor, provokes a reconsideration of Marxism's utility for making sense of--and resisting--the logic of contemporary capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNishida Kitarō (1870-1945), considered the founder of the Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy, was Professor of Philosophy at Kyoto University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eAn Inquiry into the Good\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIntuition and Reflection in Self-Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFundamental Problems of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. William Haver is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Binghamton University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body of This Death: Historicity and Sociality in the Time of AIDS\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Haver is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Binghamton University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body of This Death: Historicity and Sociality in the Time of AIDS\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722404794431,"sku":"9780822351801","price":50.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/75be327f19e628b75e334d159d9083ac.webp?v=1765095648","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ontology-of-production-three-essays-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}