Kohei Saito
Kohei Saito | |
|---|---|
| 斎藤 幸平 | |
Saito at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2024 | |
| Born | January 31, 1987 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo (withdrawal) Wesleyan University (BA) Free University of Berlin (MA) Humboldt University of Berlin (PhD) |
| Thesis | Natur gegen Kapital (Nature versus Capital) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary |
| Region | Japanese philosophy |
| School | Continental, Marxism |
| Institutions | Osaka City University University of Tokyo |
| Main interests | |
| Notable works | Karl Marx's Ecosocialism (2017), Capital in the Anthropocene (2020) |
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.