Kuki Shūzō wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Kuki Shūzō as Japanese philosopher (1888–1941).
Kuki Shūzō was born at Tokyo in 1888. His recorded nationality is Japan. He studied at University of Tokyo.
Around the turn of the twentieth century philosophy split into traditions that largely stopped reading one another.
His academic posts were held at Kyoto University.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
That the work was done from Japan matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Kuki Shūzō died in 1941, aged 53. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at Kyoto University
