Hiroki Azuma
Japanese critic and philosopher (1971– )
Hiroki Azuma (東 浩紀, Azuma Hiroki) (born May 9, 1971) is a Japanese cultural critic, novelist, and philosopher. His specializations include Philosophy, Studies of Culture and Representation, and information society studies. He is a professor at ZEN University and the co-founder of Genron, an independent institute in Tokyo, Japan.
Biography
Azuma was born in Mitaka, Tokyo. Azuma received his PhD in Culture and Representation from the University of Tokyo in 1999 and became a professor at the International University of Japan in 2003. He was an Executive Research Fellow and Professor at the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM) and a Research Fellow at Stanford University's Japan Center. Since 2006, he has been working at the Center for Study of World Civilizations at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Azuma is married to the writer and poet Hoshio Sanae, and they have one child together. His father-in-law is the translator, novelist, and occasional critic Kotaka Nobumitsu.
Overview of major works
Ontological, Postal (1998)
Ontological, Postal: About Jacques Derrida (Japanese: 存在論的、郵便的：ジャック・デリダについて, Hepburn: Sonzaironteki, Yubinteki: Jakku Derida ni tsuite) is Azuma's doctoral dissertation, published by Shinchosha in 1998.
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