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Shinichiro Kurimoto

Shinichiro Kurimoto
栗本 慎一郎
Official portrait, 1997
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 July 1993 – 2 June 2000
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byJin Matsubara
ConstituencyFormer Tokyo 3rd (1993–1996)
Tokyo 3rd (1996–2000)
Personal details
Born (1941-11-23) 23 November 1941 (age 83)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Japan Renewal
Liberal League
Alma materKeio University

Shinichiro Kurimoto (栗本 慎一郎, Kurimoto Shin'ichirō, born 1941 in Tokyo) is a Japanese author and former 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 as a judge in 109 episodes.[1][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 東京の血はどおーんと騒ぐ (an essay like a novel)

Political Affiliations

See also

Sources

  1. ^ a b c "栗本慎一郎" [Shinichiro Kurimoto]. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06.[dead link]
  2. ^ Japanese Thought" written by Atushi Sasaki (Kodansha gendai shinsho)
  3. ^ Iron Chef Database – Judges – Shinichiro Kurimoto – 栗本慎一郎 – Lower House Member, Writer. Retrieved December 24, 2023
  4. ^ Budapest story ISBN 4794937776 ISBN 978-4794937773
  5. ^ 'Contemporary Thought'(Gendai Shisou 現代思想 April 1987 published by Seidosha)