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| 戸坂 潤 | |
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| Born | (1900-09-27)27 September 1900 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 9 August 1945(1945-08-09) (aged 44) Nagano, Japan |
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| Academic advisor | Nishida Kitarō |
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| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Japanese philosophy |
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| Main interests | Critique,social criticism,anti-imperialism |
| The Kyoto School of Philosophy |
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| at Kyoto University |
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Jun Tosaka (Japanese:戸坂 潤,Hepburn:Tosaka Jun; 27 September 1900 – 9 August 1945)[1] was aShōwa eraKyoto-trained Japanese philosopher, intellectual and teacher. Some identify strands ofMarxism in his later philosophy. His criticisms of governments and their war policies caused him to end up in prison on various occasions.[2]
Jun Tosaka was born inTokyo in 1900. Due to his mother's illness and his father's early death he was moved that same year with his nurse to live with his grandparents inIshikawa Prefecture on the western side of the country. In September 1905 he returned to Tokyo where he grew up with his mother in the city'sKanda quarter (today part ofChiyoda).[3]
He attendedKyoto Imperial University. He was interested in the works ofKitarō Nishida, andHajime Tanabe,neo-Kantianism, and thenMarxism. He was a member of theKyoto School. In 1932, Tosaka participated in the creation of the "Society for the Study of Materialism" (Yuibutsuron Kenkyūkai, 唯物論研究会) and remained a leading representative of the society until its ban by the Japanese authorities in 1938. He was arrested in the same year under thePeace Preservation Law for his anti-war views. Tosaka died in Nagano Prison on the same day as the World War IIatomic bombing of Nagasaki.[4]
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