Kenjiro Yanagida

Yanagida Kenjiro (1883 - 1983) - philosopher and historian of philosophy. In Kiotoskom University listened to lectures. Nishida and C. Tomonaga. Originally idealize in the spirit of "kiotoskoy School. Highlights of this period - "Ethics of dialectical world" (1939) and "Japanese spirit and the spirit world" (1939). Beginning in 1943, has issued a series of works that commented on the philosophy of Nishida. The defeat of Japan in the war and the collapse of the nationalist ideology Yanagida brought ethics to the problems of social life. Since 1950, Mr.. He moves to materialist position. This change of position Yanagida described in the popular book "The evolution of my world" (1951), also translated into Russian. The book had a significant impact, because it reflects the mood and the train of thought a number of major intellectuals, who had deserted from the idealist and nationalist ideology. Created a series of works, which acted as a popularizer of materialist thought: "Idealism and materialism" (1951), "Ethics" (1951), "Critique of Religion" (1956), "Philosophy of History" (1957), "Introduction to the dialectic" (1958), "Materialistic Ethics. Attempt phenomenology of morality "(1959)," Ten years of materialism "(1959)," Ethics of modernity "(1962)," The philosophy of working "(1962). In 1960, Mr.. joined the Communist Party of Japan (CPJ).