The second issue of the European Journal of Japanese Philosophy (EJJP) is just out this week from Chisokudō Publications, in time for the conference in Paris. And, honestly, I can’t wait to hold it in my hands and then stick my nose in between the freshly printed pages – yes, I confess, I’m addicted to the exhilarating smell of new books. And only after imbibing the smell of ink and paper will I also imbibe the knowledge…
For this issue, I contributed a translation into Romanian of Andō Shōeki’s parable of the birds from his Shizen shin’eidō, and a book review. The complete Table of contents and the Introduction are available here.
I know that Takeshi and Gerrit, the editors, worked really hard to put together this issue (as they did with the first one as well). There’s a lot of effort that always goes into the editorial process, and that effort is hardly, if ever, recognized in the academe; but – as they put it – “it is an essential part of what it means to live out one’s philosophical vocation in collaboration with other scholars”. I couldn’t agree more.
The good news about EJJP is that, starting with this issue, the content will be submitted to scholarly search engines (like the Philosopher’s Index) and online distribution services (like J-Stor and Proquest), so the articles will be easier to find, index and cite. As a wise man once said, a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
European Journal of Japanese Philosophy (2) (2017)
Edited by Jan Gerrit Strala and Takeshi Morisato
Publisher: Chisokudō Publications
ISSN: 2367-3095