Introduction : from "the beautiful" to "the dubious" : Japanese traditionalism, modernism, postmodernism / Steven Heine and Charles Wei-Hsun Fu --
Derrida and the decentered universe of Ch'an/Zen Buddhism / Steve Odin --
Ie-ism ("sacred familism") and the discourse of postmodernism in relation to nativism/nationalism/Nihonism / Steven Heine --
Intervals (ma) in space and time : foundations for a religio-aesthetic paradigm in Japan / Richard B. Pilgrim --
Lyricism and intertexuality : an approach to Shunzei's poetics / Haruo Shirane --
A methodological examination of the "post-Confucian thesis" in relation to Japanese (and Chinese) economic development / Charles Wei-hsun Fu --
The murky mirror : women and sexual ethics as reflected in Japanese cinema / Sandra A. Wawrytko --
The intertextual fabric of narratives by Enchi Fumiko / S. Yumiko Hulvey --
Tradition, textuality, and the trans-lation of philosophy : the case of Japan / John C. Maraldo --
The Kyoto school and reverse orientalism / Bernard Faure --
Tradition beyond modernity : Nishitani's response to the twentieth century / Dale S. Wright --
Critical reflections on the traditional Japanese view of truth / Masao Abe --
Japan, the dubious, and myself / Kenzaburō Ōe.