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im Rahmen der Auerbach Lectures am 09.12. im Japanischen Kulturinstitut Köln.
Video des Vortrages auf der Seite des Erich Auerbach Institute for Advanced Studies der Uni Köln: https://youtu.be/iBZs7J4H4XQ
Kohei Saito is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. from Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2024/25 Saito is fellow at The New Institute in Hamburg as Chair of the program “Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning”. He works on ecology and political economy from a Marxist perspective. His book, Capital in the Anthropocene (2020; German: Systemsturz, 2023), has been credited for inspiring a resurgence of interest in Marxist thought in Japan, as well as in the USA and Europe.