Kojin Karatani was born in Amagasaki city between Osaka and Kobe in 1941.
He received his B.A. in economics and M.A. in English literature, both from Tokyo University.
Awarded the Gunzo Literary Prize at the age of 27 for an essay on Natsume Soseki, he began working actively as a literary critic, while teaching at Hosei University in Tokyo.
In 1975 he was invited to Yale University to teach Japanese literature as a visiting professor, where he became acquainted with Yale critics such as Paul de Man and Fredric Jameson.
In the 1980s, he devoted himself to abstract problems concerning "language, number, money", while at the same time committing himself to the political situation by editing the quarterly journal 'Critical Space' with Akira Asada. 'Critical Space' was the most influential intellectual media in Japan until it folded in 2002.
From 1990 onward, Karatani has taught regularly at Columbia University. He was also a regular member of ANY, the international architects' conference which was held annually for the last decade of the 20th century.
In 2006, Karatani has retired from teaching in Japan.
Major books:
(English)
Origins of Modern Japanese Literature, Duke University Press,1993
Architecture as Metaphor; Language, Number, Money, MIT Press,1995
Transcritique: On Kant and Marx, MIT Press, 2003
(Japanese)
Man in Awe, Tojusha, 1972
Meaning as Illness, Kawadeshobo, 1975
Marx: The Center of Possibilities, Kodansha, 1978
Origins of Modern Japanese literature, Kodansha, 1980
Architecture as Metaphor, Kodansha, 1983
Introspection and Retrospection, Kodansha,1984
Postmodernism and Criticism, Fukutake, 1985
Philosophical Inquiry 1, Kodansha, 1986
Language and Tragedy, Daisanbunmeisha, 1989
Philosophical Inquiry 2, Kodansha,1989
On the 'End', Fukutake, 1990
Collected Essays on Soseki, Daisanbumeisha, 1992
Materialism as Humor, Chikumashobo, 1993
Thoughts before the war, Bungeishunjusha, 1994
Sakaguchi Ango and Nakagami Kenji, Ohta Press, 1996
Ethics 21, Heibonsha, 2000
Transcritique: On Kant and Marx, Hihyokukansha, 2001
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柄谷的东东总是颇富有启发性。
0 有用 Xinwei 2010-04-22 21:54:54
读了三遍,学到更多东西。
3 有用 房肇英 2013-05-18 11:10:16
这翻译和校对啊……
1 有用 echo韩 2016-11-15 23:09:32
真·良心后记
9 有用 无虞 2019-08-18 09:21:46
柄谷行人对马克思的阅读,尤其是对他政治经济学批判的理解,视角是非常“万花筒”的,时而索绪尔,时而康德,时而尼采,时而弗洛伊德,同时用马克思去反射他们。深有启发的是1被同一性掩盖或压抑的差异性才是本质性的差异;2马克思所有的研究都是回到这个问题被意识所压抑的无意识语境;3马克思要指出,经济不仅不是物质的,甚至是一种幻想的形态;4使正常成为可能得条件,同时也使反常成为可能;5意识形态是真理的意识,即只... 柄谷行人对马克思的阅读,尤其是对他政治经济学批判的理解,视角是非常“万花筒”的,时而索绪尔,时而康德,时而尼采,时而弗洛伊德,同时用马克思去反射他们。深有启发的是1被同一性掩盖或压抑的差异性才是本质性的差异;2马克思所有的研究都是回到这个问题被意识所压抑的无意识语境;3马克思要指出,经济不仅不是物质的,甚至是一种幻想的形态;4使正常成为可能得条件,同时也使反常成为可能;5意识形态是真理的意识,即只靠客观性才得以存在,因此意识形态不如说是物。 (展开)
0 有用 黑猫侠客Tirion 2024-06-12 02:47:22 北京
德里达的幽灵
0 有用 钵中衣 2024-04-01 20:31:19 福建
连接文学论和哲学批判的中转,承接“颠倒”,“把意思作为先验,却忘了意思只存在于示差系统中”,“劳动力的价值只在货币确立后才被赋予”,武田泰淳和漱石论更是。价值只有在不同体系的差异间才会产生,比起跨越性批判,本书更多语言学而更少康德。
0 有用 幸福的两脚羊 2024-02-15 01:42:37 广西
孩子我被吓坏了,柄古行人提出的好多说法都跟我刚刚看完的张一兵那个不一样。有一说一,马经还是看少了。很多问题有待解决。
0 有用 一张 2024-01-30 23:43:00 云南
看了写马克思的部分
0 有用 豆友bop47XZSd8 2023-12-19 11:33:11 湖北
评论一位思想家,意味着评论其作品。