Oguma Hideo Award
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Edition 43 (2010) award
Kohei (Kouhei) Hanazaki
はなざき こうへい
hanazaki kouhei
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1931-06-22 （Tokyo）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- writer, translator, poet, philosopher, academic
- Active Years
- 1954-
- Affiliations
- Hokkaido University (Western Philosophy, faculty)
- Influenced By
- Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Howard Zinn
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | Department of Philosophy | — | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Philosophy
Year of Graduation:
1954
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Oguma Hideo Prize | Blown by the Winds of Ainu Mosir | — | — | winner |
Oguma Hideo Prize
2010
Work:
Blown by the Winds of Ainu Mosir
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Quiet Earth: Matsuura Takeshiro and the Ainu People
1988 Non-fiction (history / ethnography)A study of Matsuura Takeshiro's life and the history and situation of the Ainu people, written from a sympathetic perspective toward Ainu circumstances.
Ainuhistorycoexistence
Philosophy of Living Places: From Empathy
1981 philosophy / social thoughtPhilosophical essays starting from empathy about places of living, presenting views that emphasize region and coexistence.
coexistencelocal communitiessocial philosophy
Blown by the Winds of Ainu Mosir
2010 long poemA long poem themed on Ainu Mosir (Ainu land), poetically expressing culture, history, and coexistence; awarded the Oguma Hideo Prize.
poetryAinuculture
Bibliography
- Toward Tomorrow (poems)
- Chronicles (poems)
- Science and Philosophy in Marx
- Power and Reason: From the Horizon of Practical Potential
- The Wind Blows Where It Pleases
- Sharing Life
- Philosophy of Living Places: From Empathy
- Landscapes of Living Places: Inheritance and Creation
- Opening Regions: Constructing Places of Living
- Toward a Philosophy of Liberation
- What Can Scholarship Do?
- Quiet Earth: Matsuura Takeshiro and the Ainu People
- Thoughts on the Rebirth Toward Popular Agency
- To the Sea of Thought: Liberation and Transformation
- Identity and the Philosophy of Coexistence
- Walking Thailand and Cambodia: From People to People
- The Individual / That Which Transcends the Individual
- Inspiration for 'Coexistence': On Decolonization, Multiculturalism, and Ethics
- The Philosophy of 'Janakashaba': Gender, Ethnicity, Ecology
- Where Are We Going?
- Weaving People's Thought
- Tanaka Shozo and the Inheritance of Popular Thought
- Road Where the Wind Passes (poems)
- Heaven, Earth, and People: From Practice and Reflection on Popular Thought
- Days of Thought and Poetry of Living Places
Translations by Author
- The German Ideology (translation)
- Dialectics of Capital (translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic and prose hybrid stylephilosophical and argumentative expressionwriting attentive to local communities and popular movements
- Recurring Motifs
- coexistencepopular thoughtlocalityAinu culture
Legacy
Kohei Hanazaki is an activist-intellectual and writer whose work spans philosophy, poetry, and translation. He is recognized for sustained attention to regional, popular, and indigenous issues, participation in civic movements, and contributions to translating key Marxist and social theory texts.
Archives
- National Diet Library (bibliographic records)
Trivia
- Joined the formation of the Sapporo branch of the anti-war movement 'Beheiren' in 1966.
- Was arrested in 1970 for protecting a demonstrator but later released.
- Resigned from Hokkaido University in 1971 and sustained his livelihood through translation and writing.
- Co-founded the People's Plan Research Institute with Kazuyo Muto.