Kohei Saito
BIO
Kohei is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. from Humboldt University in Berlin. He works on ecology and political economy from a Marxist perspective. His recent best-selling book, Capital in the Anthropocene, has been credited with sparking a resurgence of interest in Marxist thought throughout Japan. Wanting to continue his research on post-capitalism and the Anthropocene, he felt the need to interact with theories and practices that are rapidly developing in Europe, especially in Germany, in response to the deepening climate and economic crises.
At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Kohei is involved as Chair of the program Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning in the Academic Year 2024/25.
LATEST
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Re-thinking Capitalism: A planned economy for the 21st centuryKohei Saito rose to fame with his book portraying Karl Marx as a pioneer of a sustainable degrowth economy. Now, at THE NEW INSTITUTE, he aims to develop a democratic planned economy.
Felix Rohrbeck | Kohei Saito | Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning | Newsletter |
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Degrowth, Planning, Transformation
–This workshop explores the urgent need to restructure and deconstruct the economies of the Global North in response to multiple crises, particularly the climate crisis. Bringing together current debates on degrowth, planning and democracy, it aims to identify key questions for policy and research, hosted by the DFG Research Group "Futures of Sustainability" and THE NEW INSTITUTE.
Kohei Saito | Matthias Schmelzer | Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning | Events |
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Blue Skies? System Crash Instead of ApocalypseWe invite you to an evening with Kohei Saito at Nachtasyl in conversation with Joachim Lux und Christina Bellingen.
Kohei Saito | Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning | Events |
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From Market to Planning: A Marxist PerspectiveA workshop of the program "Beyond Capitalism: From Market to Planning: A Marxist Perspective," which explores the question of what comes after neoliberal capitalism.
Kohei Saito | Aaron Benanav | Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning | Events |
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NEXUS - into the future with a system reboot?Is a system overhaul the only way to a future worth living? Historian Yuval Noah Harari and philosopher Kohei Saito will be discussing this question at Frankfurter Buchmesse
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Join us at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024!We are delighted to be at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year with two events.
Kohei Saito | Akwugo Emejulu | News |
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Dialogues and Critical InquiresAt this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, we contributed two events that brought together critical thinkers to highlight the power of literature as tools for social change.
Akwugo Emejulu | Kohei Saito | Black Feminism and the Polycrisis | Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning | Events | News |