Zange and Sorge: Two Models of 'Concern' in Comparative Philosophy of Religion

James Shields

Zange and Sorge: Two Models of 'Concern' in Comparative Philosophy of Religion

James Shields

Bucknell University

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Abstract

The concept of Sorge , as developed in Martin Heidegger’s (1889–1976) classic work, Sein und Zeit (1927), describes an existential-ontological state characterized by “anxiety” about the future and the desire to “attend to” the world based on our awareness of temporality. In Japan, this concept was borrowed and critically developed by Watsuji Tetsur&omacr; (1889–1960). In Rinrigaku (1937–49), Watsuji argued that Heidegger’s Sorge remains overly reliant on the philosophical structures of Western individualism and subjectivism, and thus neglects the social dimension of human being. In turn, Watsuji’s contemporary, Tanabe Hajime (1885–1962), developed an alternative theory of “concern” in his reflections on “metanoesis” ( zange ), especially as found in his magnum opus, Zange toshite no tetsugaku (1948) . This paper analyzes the concepts of Sorge and zange as developed in the work of these three thinkers, with special focus on “concern” as both an ontological category and a foundation for ethics.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Polyphonic Thinking and the Divine
State	Published - Feb 10 2013

Keywords

Tanabe Hajime
Martin Heidegger
Sorge
zange
concern
care

Disciplines

Buddhist Studies
Comparative Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Ethics and Political Philosophy
Ethics in Religion
History of Philosophy
Japanese Studies
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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