Research Profile

Biography

Adam Loughnane is currently Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Cork and Co-Director of the Irish Institute of Japanese Studies. His research and teaching centre on the phenomenological and aesthetic traditions of Europe and Asia. Focusing mostly on French and Japanese philosophies, Adam explores themes such as non-duality, non-theistic conceptions of faith, existentialism, phenomenological accounts of motion, perception, and expression, as well as intercultural philosophical methodology. He has recently completed a monograph entitled "Nishida and Merleau-Ponty: Artistic Expression as 'Motor-Perceptual faith,'" (SUNY 2019) which places the Japanese "Kyoto School" philosopher, Nishida Kitarō in dialogue with the French Phenomenologist, Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Adam is co-editing a forthcoming volume on Ueda Shizuteru (Springer, 2021). His work in intercultural philosophy and aesthetics has been published in Philosophy East and West, The European Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Performance Philosophy, Polylog, and soon the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Adam is spearheading UCC's Philosophy in Schools initiative and is very excited to help philosophy flourish at all levels of Irish education. He is associate editor of the Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology and the European Journal of Japanese Philosophy. 

Research Interests

Japanese Philosophy, 'Kyoto School', Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology, Aesthetics, East-West Comparative Philosophy, Intercultural Philosophy, Comparative Aesthetics, Existentialism, Existential-Phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, Nishida, Ueda, Dōgen, Expression, Motor-Perception, Faith

Research Grants

 ProjectFunding
Body
Start DateEnd DateAward
Japan Foundation grant for: European Network of Japanese Philosophy - 7th Annual Conference07-SEP-2309-SEP-23€4,400.00
Towards a Methodology of “Philosophical Labour”: Re-reading the History of Global Philosophy beyond Theory-Practice BinariesEnterprise Irl09-OCT-2209-APR-24€14,955.00
Toshiba Foundation grant for: European Network of Japanese Philosophy - 7th Annual Conference07-SEP-2309-SEP-23€12,000.00

Publications

Books

 YearPublication
(2023)Phenomenology of Tea: An Introduction to Japanese Aesthetics (forthcoming).
Adam Loughnane (2023) Phenomenology of Tea: An Introduction to Japanese Aesthetics (forthcoming). UK: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2021)Review essay by Glen A. Mazis — Loughnane on Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Artists Expressing Faith Intrinsic to Embodiment.
Glen A. Mazis (2021) Review essay by Glen A. Mazis — Loughnane on Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Artists Expressing Faith Intrinsic to Embodiment. Chicago: Comparative and Continental Philosophy. [Details]
(2019)Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Artistic Expression as Motor-Perceptual Faith.
Adam Loughnane (2019) Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Artistic Expression as Motor-Perceptual Faith. New York: SUNY. [Details]

Edited Books

 YearPublication
(2022)Tetsugaku Companion to Ueda Shizuteru: Language, Experience and Zen
Adam Loughnane, Ralf Müller, Raquel Bouso-Garcia (Ed.). (2022) Tetsugaku Companion to Ueda Shizuteru: Language, Experience and Zen New York: Springer. [Details]

Book Chapters

 YearPublication
(2024)'Excess and Restraint in Repetitive, Non-Mimetic Japanese and Greek Art Ritual'
Adam Loughnane (2024) 'Excess and Restraint in Repetitive, Non-Mimetic Japanese and Greek Art Ritual' In: Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives on Japanese Aesthetics. London: Lexington. [Details]
(2024)'Intimations of Eckhart in the Poetic Language of Heidegger and Ueda'
Adam Loughnane (2024) 'Intimations of Eckhart in the Poetic Language of Heidegger and Ueda' In: Orients Desorienté. London: Springer. [Details]
(2023)'Flowers of Dim-Sightedness: Dōgen’s Mystical ‘Negative Ocularcentrism’'
Adam Loughnane (2023) 'Flowers of Dim-Sightedness: Dōgen’s Mystical ‘Negative Ocularcentrism’' In: Dōgen’s Text: Philosophy as/and/of Religion. London: Springer. [Details]
(2022)'Narcissus and the Ox-Herder: Seeing (Interculturally) without a Seer'
Adam Loughnane (2022) 'Narcissus and the Ox-Herder: Seeing (Interculturally) without a Seer' In: What is Comparative Philosophy?. London: Oxford. [Details]
(2022)'The Gift of Philosophy’s Giveness: Mapping the Exclusionary Topos of Japanese Philosophy and Non-Philosophy'
Adam Loughnane (2022) 'The Gift of Philosophy’s Giveness: Mapping the Exclusionary Topos of Japanese Philosophy and Non-Philosophy' In: Japanese Philosophy in the Making. Japan: Chisokudo. [Details]
(2021)'“Poetic Language in the Philosophies of Ueda and Heidegger”'
Adam Loughnane (2021) '“Poetic Language in the Philosophies of Ueda and Heidegger”' In: Language, Experience and Zen: The Works of Ueda Shizuteru Tetsugaku Companion to the Philosophy of Ueda Shizuteru [Forthcoming]. New York: Springer. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

 YearPublication
(2021)'Japanese Aesthetics as Intercultural Double Bind'
Adam Loughnane (2021) 'Japanese Aesthetics as Intercultural Double Bind'. Proceedings And Addresses Of The American Philosophical Association, 20 (2) [Details]
(2020)'The Birth of Fire, Indescribable Light, and the Limits of Philosophy’s Violence: Nāgārjuna and Plato Seeing and Speaking of Nothing'
Adam Loughnane (2020) 'The Birth of Fire, Indescribable Light, and the Limits of Philosophy’s Violence: Nāgārjuna and Plato Seeing and Speaking of Nothing'. Comparative And Continental Philosophy, 12   [DOI] [Details]
(2017)'MERLEAU-PONTY AND NISHIDA: "INTEREXPRESSION" AS MOTOR-PERCEPTUAL FAITH'
Loughnane, A (2017) 'MERLEAU-PONTY AND NISHIDA: "INTEREXPRESSION" AS MOTOR-PERCEPTUAL FAITH'. Philosophy East & West, 67 :710-737 [DOI] [Details]
(2016)'“Zum Verhältnis von Performance und Philosophie im Kontext asiatischer Philosophien”'
Adam Loughnane (2016) '“Zum Verhältnis von Performance und Philosophie im Kontext asiatischer Philosophien”'. Polylog: Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren, 35 [Details]
(2016)'“Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Art, Depth, and Seeing-without-a-Seer”'
Adam Loughnane (2016) '“Merleau-Ponty and Nishida: Art, Depth, and Seeing-without-a-Seer”'. European Journal of Japanese Philosophy, [Details]
(2016)'Expression and Bodily Faith in Natalie Heller’s First Impressions'
Adam Loughnane (2016) 'Expression and Bodily Faith in Natalie Heller’s First Impressions'. Journal of Performance Philosophy, 2 (1)   [Details]
(2015)'“Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions – Nishida Kitarō”'
Adam Loughnane (2015) '“Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions – Nishida Kitarō”'. Journal of Performance Philosophy, [Details]

Encyclopedia Entries

 YearPublication
(2018)Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Japanese Aesthetics.
Adam Loughnane, Graham Parkes (2018) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Japanese Aesthetics. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Encyclopedia Entries.   [Details]

Book Reviews

 YearPublication
(2018)Crossing Paths with Maraldo's Nishida.
Adam Loughnane (2018) Crossing Paths with Maraldo's Nishida. Book Reviews [Details]
(2012)The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking.
Adam Loughnane (2012) The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking. Book Reviews [Details]

Journal Volume Edited

 YearPublication
(2021)Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology: Philosophy and Landscape, East and West. Vol.7, No.2.
Adam Loughnane (2021) Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology: Philosophy and Landscape, East and West. Vol.7, No.2. Journal Volume Edited [Details]

Translations

 YearPublication
(2018)Ueda, l'ecteur d'Eckhart.
Bernard Stevens (2018) Ueda, l'ecteur d'Eckhart. Translations [Details]

Conference Publications

 YearPublication
(2007)North American Heidegger Circle
Adam Loughnane (2007) “Heidegger's Poetic Language and the Ethical Will” North American Heidegger Circle [Details]

Professional Activities

Honours and Awards

 YearTitleAwarding Body
2023Book Prize: European Network of Japanese Philosophy Excellence Award ENOJP
2014Japan Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship Japan Foundation
2011Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst PhD Fellowship DAAD
2011Irish Research Council Doctoral Fellowship Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences

Professional Associations

 AssociationFunctionFrom / To
Irish Institute for Japanese Studies Co-Director01-JAN-16 / 31-AUG-16

Languages

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Japanese BasicBasicBasic

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Associate Editor: European Journal of Japanese Philosophy

Editor: Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology

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