Nishitani Keiji Workshop on the Philosophy of Religion | “Emptiness and soku,” Session 4

Speakers: Lorenzo Marinucci, Francesca Greco, and Robert Lehmann The workshop was held on the topic of “Emptiness and soku.” The main reference was the 1982 text 『空と即』taken from Volume 13 of Nishitani’s Collected Works, pp. 111-160 (English translation in Modern Japanese Aesthetics: A Reader, trans. and ed. by Michele Marra, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999). The goal is to contextualize and elaborate on Nishitani’s notions of “emptiness” and “soku” and to use his reflections as groundwork for further explorations into the philosophical significance of the encounter between religions.