Zen Time

Acknowledgments
Conventions and Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I: Grounding the Conceptual Analysis

1. From uji to Philosophy and Back: Thoughts on Methodology
Philosophical Transpositions
Restating uji: A New Translation
Time and Symbolic Form
The Question of Cultural Appropriation
Zen with Distinctions

2. Placing Dogen in Time: Cultural Constellation, Chronology, Agenda
Social and Cultural Conditions
Religious Writing in Early Medieval Japan
The Religious Field
Dogen's Life and Works
Dogen in Time

3. Time Expressed: Chronography in Dogen's Works
A Matrix for Chronographical Analysis
Chronothesis
Chronometrics and Chronotypology
Numerical Chronometry and Its Uses
Conclusion

4. Chronopolitics: Time Regimes and the Social Language of Time
The Diurnal Rhythm in Monastic Life
The Monthly Cycle
The Annual Cycle
The Social Meaning of Time
Control and Commitment
Conclusion

Part II: Chrononoetics: Understanding Time

5. Building Blocks and Early Approaches
Conceptual Heritage: Dogen and the Tradition of Buddhist Thought on Time
Setting the Stage: Trans-Temporal Unity in a Transient World

6. Time in "What Is:Time"
"What Is:Time": Structure and Argument
Central Concepts and Propositions
Conclusion

7. Karma and the "Consummate Now"
Synchrony and Sequence
Karma and the "Final Dharma Age"
Conclusion

Part III: Conclusions and After-Thoughts

8. Dogen's Concept of Time in Context
What is:Time: A Brief Reconstruction and Conceptual Analysis
Integrating Distinctions
Dogen and Time in Medieval Japan
Dogen and the History of Time

9. After-Thoughts: Dimensions of Contemporary Significance
Theoretical: Dogen and the Concept of Time
Time's Measure and Attributes
Practical: Time- and Task-Orientation Combined
Spiritual: Trans-Temporal Synchrony, Holistic Connectedness

Appendix 1: Translation of Uji ("What Is:Time")

Appendix 2: Titles of Dogen's Writings and Other Original Sources

Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Terms

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philosophy of time, Japanese Philosophy, Japanese Religion, Medieval Japan, chronography, time regime, monastic time, chronometry, Japanese clocks, Soto Zen, Eihei-ji, Kamakura Buddhism