The book draws unique comparison between Aoki's writings and Heidegger's concept of "being-in-the-world." In exploring Aoki's narratives on momentous life events, the author attends to the interwoven, dynamic and poetic essence of the scholar's intellectual formation and identifies a critically reflective style of theorizing. By contextualizing Aoki's narrations on his momentous life events, the text engages with Aoki's critical reflective and unique style of theorizing and foregrounds the prominent influence of Heidegger's phenomenology and writings on Aoki's thinking.
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