Kohei Saito

Kohei Saito
斎藤 幸平
Born(1987-01-31)January 31, 1987 (age 36)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (withdrawal)
Wesleyan University (BA)
Free University of Berlin (MA)
Humboldt University of Berlin (PhD)
Notable workKarl Marx's Ecosocialism (2017), Capital in the Anthropocene (2020)
EraContemporary
RegionJapanese philosophy
SchoolContinental, Marxism
InstitutionsOsaka City University
University of Tokyo
ThesisNatur gegen Kapital (Nature versus Capital)
Main interests

Kohei Saito (斎藤 幸平, Saitō Kōhei) (born January 31, 1987)[1] is a Japanese philosopher. He is an associate professor at the University of Tokyo. Saito works on ecology and political economy from a Marxist perspective. His book, Capital in the Anthropocene, has been credited for inspiring a resurgence of interest in Marxist thought in Japan.[2][3]

  1. ^ Kohei Saito [@koheisaito0131] (January 31, 2011). 誕生日だが [it's my birthday] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ NEWS, KYODO. "FEATURE: More young Japanese look to Marx amid pandemic, climate crisis". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2022-10-20. The book's success has inspired a renaissance of interest in Marxist thought.
  3. ^ McCurry, Justin (2022-09-09). "'A new way of life': the Marxist, post-capitalist, green manifesto captivating Japan". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-10-20. . . . bookshop chains cleared space for special displays of revivalist Marxist literature.

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