Kohei Saito
Japanese philosopher, Marxist (1987-)
Kohei Saito (斎藤 幸平, Saitō Kōhei) (born January 31, 1987) 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 2020 book Capital in the Anthropocene has been credited for inspiring a resurgence of interest in Marxist thought in Japan.
Early life and education
Saito graduated from Shiba Junior & Senior High School (芝中学校・芝高等学校), a private school in Tokyo. He then studied at the University of Tokyo for three months before voluntarily withdrawing from the university. He later attended Wesleyan University from 2005 to 2009 as a Freeman Asian Scholarship recipient. In 2009, he began his master's studies at the Free University of Berlin, and in 2012 he switched to Humboldt University of Berlin, where he was enrolled until 2015. Andreas Arndt was his doctoral advisor.
Career
Saito was subsequently a visiting scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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