Shinichiro Kurimoto
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Shinichiro Kurimoto (栗本慎一郎) was born at Tokyo in 1941 and is a Japanese author and a politician. He is also an economic anthropologist and a philosopher who introduced the ideas of Karl Polanyi and his younger brother Michael Polanyi to Japan. He was a professor at universities such as Meiji University and Northwestern University.[1]
During the 1980s his works were categorized in Japan as "new academism", which included works by Akira Asada, Kojin Karatani and Shigehiko Hasumi.[2]
He acted as a judge in the television show "Iron Chef".[3]
Works
Academic books
- Economic anthoropology 経済人類学
- Economy as illusions 幻想としての経済
- Apes in pants パンツをはいたサル ISBN 4768468993 ISBN 978-4768468999
- The iron maiden 鉄の処女
- meaning and living 意味と生命
- Budapest story ブダペスト物語
Literary books
- Against girls 反少女(short stories)
- Against literary theories 反文学論(criticism)
- The blood of Tokyo cries doooooooon 東京の血はどおーんと騒ぐ (an essay like a novel)
Political Affiliations
See also
- tacit knowing
- Peter F Drucker: He visited Japan to talk with Kurimoto about Karl Polanyi who discovered his talent.[5]
Source
- ^ http://horipro.co.jp/talent/SC001/
- ^ "Japanese Thought" written by Atushi Sasaki (Kodansha gendai shinsho)
- ^ http://horipro.co.jp/talent/SC001/
- ^ http://horipro.co.jp/talent/SC001/
- ^ Budapest story ISBN 4794937776 ISBN 978-4794937773