The Basho of Economics refers to the economy's hidden experiential ground, which has never been explicitly scrutinized by mainstream economics. The books uncovers this ground by discerning the tacit presuppositions of classical and neo-classical theories from the perspective of modern Japanese philosophy.
'Intercultural thought is not only about finding similarities between cultures, but de-familiarizing cultural patterns - making us see again realities that have become so habitual to us that they have faded into the material of our everyday lives. Graupe, by using Japanese thinking as a tool to unlock one of the truly central Western patterns of thought since the beginning of modernity, opens us not only to the surprising reality of the Other, but to the process by which we have become who we are.' From the foreword by Roger Gathman