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Social Science Japan Journal, 2016
Berghahn Books, Dec 31, 2022
Kansai Sociological Review, 2005
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.
Nihon Bunka Jinrui Gakkai Kenkyu Taikai happyo yoshishu, 2018
Nihon Bunka Jinrui Gakkai Kenkyu Taikai happyo yoshishu, 2018
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 2012
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 ...
The Japanese journal of ethnology, 1991
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
Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 2004
Japanese Sociological Review, 1984
Social Science Japan Journal, 2016
Berghahn Books, Dec 31, 2022
Kansai Sociological Review, 2005
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.
Nihon Bunka Jinrui Gakkai Kenkyu Taikai happyo yoshishu, 2018
Nihon Bunka Jinrui Gakkai Kenkyu Taikai happyo yoshishu, 2018
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 2012
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 ...
The Japanese journal of ethnology, 1991
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
Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 2004
Japanese Sociological Review, 1984
ontological turn in anthropology anthropology in Japan