Phishing Update: Fw: Historical Nature and the Body in Nishida’s Philosophies of Life and Art

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Nishida’s conception of “historical nature” bespeaks an ontology that mediates between materialism, idealism, and vitalism by going beyond the dualism of the spiritual and material. Nishida’s account of the expressive world demonstrates the connections between organic life, the human body, and artistic expression. His concept of historical nature synthesizes these topics to provide a nondual understanding of the human-nature relationship in which cultural productivity is an expression of the historical-material horizon in which it is grounded. This essay provides an interpretation of the productive “seeing” of historical nature by analyzing Nishida’s discussions of the role of the historical body in the creation of art. Through an examination of his statements on the evolution of the eyes and hands, it is demonstrated how nature itself becomes expressive in the generation of artworks. The essay concludes with some reflections on the relevance of Nishida’s philosophy to our contemporary ecological situation.