The 700th Mita Public Speaking Event: "Yukichi Fukuzawa and Capitalism—Focusing on His Economic Thought After 'Jitsugyoron'—" by Masanori Komuro (Professor Emeritus, Keio University)
Event Date
Event Venue
2015/06/18
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Date | Friday, July 3, 2015, 2:45 PM–4:15 PM (Doors open at 2:00 PM) |
Venue | Mita Enzetsukan (Public Speaking Hall), Mita Campus |
Eligibility | Open to everyone |
Pre-registration | Not required |
Notes |
Admission free
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Lecture Outline
From the mid-1890s, Japan began to enter a capitalist system, but this brought with it new problems, such as the issue of wealth and poverty, labor issues, and the ethics of businesspeople. How did Fukuzawa, who by this time was coming to be seen as a thinker of a bygone era, consider these issues? This lecture will explore the sympathy and discomfort that Fukuzawa, a theorist of civilization, felt toward capitalism.
About the Speaker
After graduating from the Keio University Faculty of Economics in 1973, he completed the coursework for his doctoral degree at the university's Graduate School of Economics in 1978.
He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the same university in 2000.
He became an assistant and then an associate professor at the Keio University Faculty of Economics before being appointed professor in 1996. In the same year, he became the Deputy Director of the Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies, and was appointed Director in 2003.
He served as Dean of the Keio University Graduate School of Economics in 2007 and was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Economics in 2009.
He has been a Professor Emeritus at Keio University since 2015. During his career, he has conducted research abroad in countries including the United Kingdom and Italy.
Keio Award (2000), Fukuzawa Award (2014), and others.
Co-author, "Four Hundred Years of Japanese Economic Thought" (Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha, 1990)
"Somo no Keizai Shiso" (The Economic Thought of Grassroots Activists) (Ochanomizu Shobo, 1999)
Co-editor, "The Collected Letters of Yukichi Fukuzawa" (9 volumes) (Iwanami Shoten, 2001–2003)
Editor, "The Collected Works of Yukichi Fukuzawa" (Volume 6) (Keio University Press, 2003)
Editor, "Modern Japan and Yukichi Fukuzawa" (Keio University Press, 2013)
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