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Naoki Kasuga

Working on human ways of thinking, especially exemplified in ethnographic writings.

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Research paper thumbnail of Arbitraging Japan: Dreams of Capitalism at the End of Finance

Social Science Japan Journal, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 2 Between Two Truths: Time in Physics and Fiji

Berghahn Books, Dec 31, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Between Two Truths

Research paper thumbnail of 人類学と社会学の未来に向けてのメモランダム

Kansai Sociological Review, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Vision That Ushers in Humanity : Reveries, Images, and Potentialities in a Fijian Old People’s Home

Research paper thumbnail of Between Two Truths: Time in Physics and Fiji

Social Analysis, 2017

This article provides an ontological reconsideration of time by " comparing " t... more This article provides an ontological reconsideration of time by " comparing " two truth claims; that of the native activists in Fiji who worked hard for actualization of their leader's prediction and 'His Time', and that of physics, the most sturdy of the scientific disciplines. This thought experiment not only expands our understanding of the natives' claim but also questions what our time is, and how our technological environment preserves its reality. Furthermore, it demonstrates another scope in which the levels of qualia and quanta have ceased to be disconnected, thereby confirming the significance of the ontological approach in anthropology today.

Research paper thumbnail of みえるもの、みえないもの

Nihon Bunka Jinrui Gakkai Kenkyu Taikai happyo yoshishu, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of みえるもの、みえないもの

Nihon Bunka Jinrui Gakkai Kenkyu Taikai happyo yoshishu, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of An interview with Naoki Kasuga

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of 2012 | HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2 (2): 389–97 |Forum|

Professor Naoki Kasuga is the editor of the Anthropology as critique of reality. He has worked at... more Professor Naoki Kasuga is the editor of the Anthropology as critique of reality. He has worked at Hitotsubashi University since 2010, when he moved from a position at Osaka University. In many ways Kasuga is a unique figure in Japanese anthropology. He is the author of a series of experimental and highly divergent works, and he was one of the translators of Writing culture into Japanese. This interview weaves together a discussion of Kasuga’s own trajectory with a story of some broader transformations in Japanese anthropology that have lead to current explorations of ontology. CASPER BRUUN JENSEN (CBJ): Professor Kasuga, I should like to begin by asking about your own intellectual history and trajectory. Perhaps you can start by telling me a bit about the path that took you to anthropology? NAOKI KASUGA (NK): I would have declined to talk about my own intellectual history, say, ten years ago. However, the intellectual situation is transforming more radically than I expected, and by ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Dynamics of Culture in a Fijian Village

The Japanese journal of ethnology, 1991

Research paper thumbnail of Gift and Commodities in Rep

Research paper thumbnail of HARRIS, Marvin, Cannibals and Kings : The Origins of Cultures., xii+239 pp, 1977, Random House, New York, U.S.A

Research paper thumbnail of Christ, the Devil, and Money--Witchcraft in Fijian History

Research paper thumbnail of Arbitraging Japan: Dreams of Capitalism at the End of Finance

The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 2014

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Shakespearean Arbitrage 2. Between Arbitrage and Speculation 3. T... more Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Shakespearean Arbitrage 2. Between Arbitrage and Speculation 3. Trading on the Limits of Learning 4. Economy of Dreams 5. The Last Dream 6. From Arbitrage to the Gift Notes References Index

Research paper thumbnail of いまなぜ歴史か : 序にかえて(<特集>人類学の歴史研究の再検討)

Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of http://natureculture.sakura.ne.jp/01-the_Human_and_the_Social/PDF-natureculture-01-06-vision-that-ushers-humanity.html

Research paper thumbnail of Rousseau, L'aliénation et L'utopie

Japanese Sociological Review, 1984

Research paper thumbnail of Total Social Fact: Structuring, Partially Connecting, and Reassembling

Research paper thumbnail of Total Social Fact: Structuring, Partially Connecting, and Reassembling

Research paper thumbnail of Arbitraging Japan: Dreams of Capitalism at the End of Finance

Social Science Japan Journal, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 2 Between Two Truths: Time in Physics and Fiji

Berghahn Books, Dec 31, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Between Two Truths

Research paper thumbnail of 人類学と社会学の未来に向けてのメモランダム

Kansai Sociological Review, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Vision That Ushers in Humanity : Reveries, Images, and Potentialities in a Fijian Old People’s Home

Research paper thumbnail of Between Two Truths: Time in Physics and Fiji

Social Analysis, 2017

This article provides an ontological reconsideration of time by &quot; comparing &quot; t... more This article provides an ontological reconsideration of time by &quot; comparing &quot; two truth claims; that of the native activists in Fiji who worked hard for actualization of their leader&#39;s prediction and &#39;His Time&#39;, and that of physics, the most sturdy of the scientific disciplines. This thought experiment not only expands our understanding of the natives&#39; claim but also questions what our time is, and how our technological environment preserves its reality. Furthermore, it demonstrates another scope in which the levels of qualia and quanta have ceased to be disconnected, thereby confirming the significance of the ontological approach in anthropology today.

Research paper thumbnail of みえるもの、みえないもの

Nihon Bunka Jinrui Gakkai Kenkyu Taikai happyo yoshishu, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of みえるもの、みえないもの

Nihon Bunka Jinrui Gakkai Kenkyu Taikai happyo yoshishu, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of An interview with Naoki Kasuga

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of 2012 | HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2 (2): 389–97 |Forum|

Professor Naoki Kasuga is the editor of the Anthropology as critique of reality. He has worked at... more Professor Naoki Kasuga is the editor of the Anthropology as critique of reality. He has worked at Hitotsubashi University since 2010, when he moved from a position at Osaka University. In many ways Kasuga is a unique figure in Japanese anthropology. He is the author of a series of experimental and highly divergent works, and he was one of the translators of Writing culture into Japanese. This interview weaves together a discussion of Kasuga’s own trajectory with a story of some broader transformations in Japanese anthropology that have lead to current explorations of ontology. CASPER BRUUN JENSEN (CBJ): Professor Kasuga, I should like to begin by asking about your own intellectual history and trajectory. Perhaps you can start by telling me a bit about the path that took you to anthropology? NAOKI KASUGA (NK): I would have declined to talk about my own intellectual history, say, ten years ago. However, the intellectual situation is transforming more radically than I expected, and by ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Dynamics of Culture in a Fijian Village

The Japanese journal of ethnology, 1991

Research paper thumbnail of Gift and Commodities in Rep

Research paper thumbnail of HARRIS, Marvin, Cannibals and Kings : The Origins of Cultures., xii+239 pp, 1977, Random House, New York, U.S.A

Research paper thumbnail of Christ, the Devil, and Money--Witchcraft in Fijian History

Research paper thumbnail of Arbitraging Japan: Dreams of Capitalism at the End of Finance

The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 2014

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Shakespearean Arbitrage 2. Between Arbitrage and Speculation 3. T... more Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Shakespearean Arbitrage 2. Between Arbitrage and Speculation 3. Trading on the Limits of Learning 4. Economy of Dreams 5. The Last Dream 6. From Arbitrage to the Gift Notes References Index

Research paper thumbnail of いまなぜ歴史か : 序にかえて(<特集>人類学の歴史研究の再検討)

Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of http://natureculture.sakura.ne.jp/01-the_Human_and_the_Social/PDF-natureculture-01-06-vision-that-ushers-humanity.html

Research paper thumbnail of Rousseau, L'aliénation et L'utopie

Japanese Sociological Review, 1984

Research paper thumbnail of Total Social Fact: Structuring, Partially Connecting, and Reassembling

Research paper thumbnail of Total Social Fact: Structuring, Partially Connecting, and Reassembling

Research paper thumbnail of An interview with Naoki Kasuga

ontological turn in anthropology anthropology in Japan

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