Self in Nature, Nature in the Lifeworld: A Reinterpretation of Watsuji's Concept of Fūdo

Philosophy East and West 68 (4):1134-1154 (2019)
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Watsuji Tetsurō’s concept of fūdo (風土) is intended to capture the way in which nature and culture are interwoven in a setting that is partly constitutive of and partly constituted by a group of people inhabiting a particular place. This essay offers a careful examination of the sense in which the self both constitutes and is constituted by the fūdo, or geo-cultural climate, in which it is emplaced. It concludes with a brief survey of the prospects and problems posed by the interpretation of fūdo that has been presented.

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