Heisig, James W. 1944-

Overview

Works:	128 works in 588 publications in 4 languages and 16,594 library holdings
Genres:	History Textbooks Conference papers and proceedings Comparative studies
Roles:	Author, Editor, Translator, Bibliographic antecedent, Contributor, Other, Author of introduction, Collector, Publishing director
Classifications:	B5241, 181.12

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by James W Heisig

Philosophers of nothingness : an essay on the Kyoto school by James W Heisig( )

26 editions published between 2000 and 2015 in English and Spanish and held by 2,097 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The past twenty years have seen the publication of numerous translations and commentaries on the principal philosophers of the Kyoto School, but so far no general overview and evaluation of their thought has been available, either in Japanese or in Western languages. James Heisig, a longstanding participant in these efforts, has filled that gap with Philosophers of Nothingness. In this extensive study, the ideas of Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji are presented both as a consistent school of thought in its own right and as a challenge to the Western philosophical tradition to open itself to the original contribution of Japan."--Pub. desc

Remembering the kanji : a systematic guide to reading Japanese characters by James W Heisig( )

39 editions published between 1987 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 2,015 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Following the first volume of 'Remembering the Kanji', the present work provides students with helpful tools for learning the pronunciation of the kanji. Behind the notorious inconsistencies in the way the Japanese language has come to pronunce the characters it received from China lie several coherent patterns and arranging them in logical order can reduce dramatically the amount of time spent in the brute memorization of sounds unrelated to written forms. (...) The 4th edition has been updated to include the 196 new kanji approved by the government in 2010 as 'general-use' kanji."--Publisher

Rude awakenings : Zen, the Kyoto school, & the question of nationalism by John C Maraldo( )

21 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 1,885 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"To many scholars in the world of religious studies, Zen is a world apart from the world of politics, and the philosophy of the Kyoto school is a politically neutral blend of intellectual traditions East and West, Buddhist and Christian. This volume challenges those assumptions by focusing on the question of nationalism in the work of Japanese Buddhist thinkers during and after the Pacific War. Fifteen Japanese and Western scholars offer a variety of critical perspectives concerning the political responsibility of intellectuals and the concrete historical consequences of working within a religious or philosophical tradition." "The first group of essays debates the role of Zen Buddhism in wartime Japan." "A second group of essays examines the political thought and activities of Nishida Kitaro, the doyen of the Kyoto school." "A third group of essays questions the complicity of other philosophers of the Kyoto school in the wartime spirit of nationalism and analyzes the ideas of modernity and the modern nation-state then current in Japan." "This carefully documented volume offers a wealth of information and reflection for those interested in prewar and wartime history, Zen, Japanese philosophy, and the problem of nationalism today."--Jacket

Remembering the kanji : a complete course on how not to forget the meaning and writing of Japanese characters by James W Heisig( )

47 editions published between 1977 and 2011 in English and held by 1,689 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The aim of this book is to provide the student of Japanese with a simple method fro correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember ..."--Back cover

Japanese philosophy : a sourcebook( )

16 editions published between 2011 and 2016 in English and held by 1,499 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Readers of English can now access in a single volume the richness and diversity of Japanese philosophy as it has developed through history. Leading scholars in the field have translated selections from all eras and schools of thought

Remembering the kanji by James W Heisig( )

22 editions published between 1994 and 2013 in English and Japanese and held by 1,341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Students who have learned to read and write the basic 2,000 characters run into the same difficulty that university students in Japan face: The government-approved list of basic educational kanji is not sufficient for advanced reading and writing. Although each academic specialization requires supplementary kanji of its own, there is considerable overlap. With that in mind, this book employs the same methods as volumes 1 and 2 of Remembering the Kanji to introduce additional characters useful for upper-level proficiency, bringing the total of all three volumes to 3,000 kanji. The third edition has been updated to reflect the 196 new kanji aproved by the government in 2010, all of which have been relocated in Volumes 1 and 2. The selection of 800 new kanji is based on frequency lists and cross-checked against a number of standard Japanese kanji dictionaries. Separate parts of the book are devoted to learning the writing and reading of these characters. The writing requires only a handful of new "primitive elements." A few are introduced as compound primitives ("measure words") or as alternative forms for standard kanji. The majority of the kanji are organized according to the elements introduced in Volume 1. As in Volume 2, Chinese readings are arranged into groups for easy reference, enabling the student to take advantage of the readings assigned to "signal primitives" already learned. Seven indexes include hand-drawn samples of the new characters introduced as well as cumulative lists of all the key words and primitive meanings, and all of the Chinese and Japanese pronunciations that appear in all 3 volumes of the series

Zen Buddhism : a history by Heinrich Dumoulin( Book )

30 editions published between 1988 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nothingness and desire : an East-West philosophical antiphony by James W Heisig( )

14 editions published between 2013 and 2016 in English and held by 1,193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The six lectures that make up this work were delivered in March 2011 at London University's School of Oriental and Asian Studies as the Jordan Lectures on Comparative Religion. They revolve around the intersection of two ideas, nothingness and desire, as they apply to a re-examination of the questions of self, God, morality, property, and the East-West philosophical divide

Imago Dei : a study of C.G. Jung's psychology of religion by James W Heisig( Book )

12 editions published between 1979 and 1985 in 3 languages and held by 618 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The heart of Buddhism : in search of the timeless spirit of primitive Buddhism by Yoshinori Takeuchi( Book )

15 editions published between 1983 and 1991 in English and held by 426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Remembering the kanji by James W Heisig( Book )

48 editions published between 1986 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 425 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Updated to include the 196 new kanji approved by the Japanese government in 2010 as "general-use" kanji, the sixth edition of this popular text aims to provide students with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember. It is intended not only for the beginner, but also for the more advanced student looking for some relief from the constant frustration of forgetting how to write the kanji, or for a way to systematize what he or she already knows. The author begins with writing the kanji because--contrary to first impressions-it is in fact simpler than learning how to the pronounce them. By ordering the kanji according to their component parts or "primitive elements," and then assigning each of these parts a distinct meaning with its own distinct image, the student is led to harness the powers of "imaginative memory" to learn the various combinations that make up the kanji. In addition, each kanji is given its own key word to represent the meaning, or one of the principal meanings, of that character. These key words provide the setting for a particular kanji's "story," whose protagonists are the primitive elements. In this way, one is able to complete in a few short months a task that would otherwise take years. Armed with the same skills as Chinese or Korean students, who know the meaning and writing of the kanji but not their Japanese pronunciations, one is then in a much better position to learn the readings (which are treated in a separate volume)

Remembering the hiragana : a complete course on how to teach yourself the Japanese syllabary in 3 hours by James W Heisig( Book )

15 editions published between 1987 and 2002 in English and held by 175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume contains two titles, Remembering the katakana with a supplement on learning how to remember and Remembering the hiragana a complete course on how to teach yourself the Japanese syllabary in 3 hours

The Religious philosophy of Tanabe Hajime : the metanoetic imperative( Book )

7 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A complete course on how not to forget the meaning and writing of Japanese characters by James W Heisig( )

2 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Monasticism, Buddhist, and Christian : the Korean experience( Book )

4 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dialogues at one inch above the ground by James W Heisig( Book )

6 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in Spanish and English and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Remembering simplified Hanzi : how not to forget the meaning and writing of Chinese characters by James W Heisig( Book )

10 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Remembering traditional Hanzi : how not to forget the meaning and writing of Chinese characters by James W Heisig( Book )

9 editions published between 2009 and 2012 in English and held by 98 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book aims to help students of Traditional Chinese memorise the writing and meaning of the 1,000 most commonly used characters, plus another 500 that are best learned at an early stage. This is achieved by breaking down complex characters into their simple component parts, presenting them in a logical order, and associating the strokes with each other as well as a 'story' that encapsulates the meaning of the overall character. Employing "imaginative memory" will dramatically shorten the time required for learning and prevent characters from slipping out of memory

Remembering the kana : a guide to reading and writing the Japanese syllabaries in 3 hours each ; part one hiragana, part two katakana by James W Heisig( Book )

5 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in English and held by 81 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Following on the phenomenal success of Remembering the Kanji, the author has prepared a companion volume for learning the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries of modern Japanese. In six short lessons of about twenty minutes, each of the two systems of "kana" writing are introduced in such a way that the absolute beginner can acquire fluency in writing in a fraction of the time normally devoted to the task."

Remembering the Katakana : with a supplement on learning how to remember by Helmut Morsbach( Book )

5 editions published between 1990 and 1992 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide