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(2018) The realizations of the self, New York, Palgrave Macmillan.
In this contribution, I will use Tanabe Hajime's Philosophy as Metanoetics as a guide to explore the possibility that, in certain cases, self-realization can only be achieved via self-abandonment. Specifically, I shall rely on Tanabe's notion of the self-awareness of absolute nothingness to show that, specifically in cases in which the subject has met with their own relativity and powerlessness, a switch from active attempts at self-realization to a passive acceptance of a power greater than oneself (Other-power, in Tanabe's terms) can be the key to finding a new form of self-realization and forming new relationships with other human beings. While analyzing Tanabe's texts, I shall also reference group therapy organizations for substance abuse treatment in order to give my statements a more concrete basis.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-94700-6_15
Full citation:
Stone, (2018)., Self-realization as self-abandonment, in A. Altobrando, T. Niikawa & R. Stone (eds.), The realizations of the self, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 267-283.
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