Shinichiro Kurimoto

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Shinichiro Kurimoto (栗本 慎一郎, Kurimoto Shin'ichirō, born 1941 in Tokyo) 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 frequently acted as a judge in the television show Iron Chef, appearing more often than any other judge.[3]

Works[]

Academic books[]

  • Economic anthropology 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]
  • Masayuki Yamato - a scientist who instructed Haruko Obokata.He was influenced by Kurimoto in philosophy and identified himself as a member of 'Kurimoto school' in an essay titled 'SMALLTALK between AI and TK(tacit knowing)'.[6]

Sources[]

  1. ^ http://horipro.co.jp/talent/SC001/
  2. ^ "Japanese Thought" written by Atushi Sasaki (Kodansha gendai shinsho)
  3. ^ http://horipro.co.jp/talent/SC001/
  4. ^ http://horipro.co.jp/talent/SC001/
  5. ^ Budapest story ISBN 4794937776 ISBN 978-4794937773
  6. ^ 'Contemporary Thought'(Gendai Shisou 現代思想　April 1987 published by Seidosha)

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