Jun Tosaka
Jun Tosaka | |
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| 戸坂 潤 | |
| Born | 27 September 1900 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 9 August 1945 (aged 44) Nagano, Japan |
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| Academic advisors | Nishida Kitarō |
| Philosophical work | |
| 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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| Historical background |
Jun Tosaka (Japanese: 戸坂 潤, Hepburn: Tosaka Jun, 27 September 1900 – 9 August 1945) was a Shōwa era Kyoto-trained Japanese philosopher, intellectual and teacher. Some identify strands of Marxism in his later philosophy. His criticisms of governments and their war policies caused him to end up in prison on various occasions.