TOWARDS THE REVELATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF CARE IN THE KYOTO SCHOOL: ON HEIDEGGER, TANABE, AND NISHITANI

Abstract

Abstract:

In Yuriko Saito’s project of making the world through care, the vulnerability of the sick has a central place, as well as the vulnerability of other populations, because caring for someone who is sick in a bad way, hitting objects and grunting, ruins all care. For this reason, for Saito, ethics and aesthetics are not separate; caring for others is not separate from the way we offer water, open a window, or spend time with a sick person. To give foundation to this proposal, it seems essential to me to rethink the ontological structure of care in Nishitani and Heidegger and discover that care is based on the awareness of being a means for all beings. However, it is not enough, as we will see in the final part of this work, we still need a bodily understanding of care, its incarnation (embodiment).