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Kazuo Otsuka

おおつか かずお

Otsuka Kazuo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949-10-11 (Hokkaido)
Died
2009-04-29 age 59
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Anthropologist, University Professor
Active Years
1972-2009
Affiliations
National Museum of Ethnology, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Institute for Asian and African Languages and Cultures, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Memberships
Japan Association for Middle East Studies, Japanese Association of Cultural Anthropology

Education

Tokyo Metropolitan University
Faculty of Humanities / Department of Sociology
Degree: 学士
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: Japan
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Department of Social Anthropology
Degree: 修士(社会人類学)
Year of Graduation: 1975
Country: Japan
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Department of Social Anthropology
Degree: 単位取得満期退学
Year of Graduation: 1980
Country: Japan
Completed doctoral coursework
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Social Anthropology
Degree: 博士(社会人類学)
Year of Graduation: 1997
Country: Japan
Dissertation: 'Anthropological Considerations of the Arab Muslim World - Islam and Modernity'

Awards

Shibusawa Prize
1989
Work: Islam as a Different Culture
Result: 受賞
Asia-Pacific Prize
1989
Work: Islam as a Different Culture
Category: 特別賞
Result: 受賞
Developing Countries Research Encouragement Award
2001
Work: Anthropology of Modern Islam
Organization: Institute of Developing Economies
Result: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2002
Work: Iwanami Encyclopedia of Islam
Result: 受賞
Daido Life Regional Research Encouragement Award
2007
Organization: Daido Life International Cultural Foundation
Result: 受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
2008
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Islam as a Different Culture

1989

Textual Mahdism: Middle Eastern Islamic World 3

1995

Anthropology of Modern Islam

2000

Islamic-ness

2000

Anthropology for the Present

2002

What is Islamic Fundamentalism?

2004

Bibliography

  • Islam as a Different Culture
  • Textual Mahdism: Middle Eastern Islamic World 3
  • Anthropology of Modern Islam
  • Islamic-ness
  • Anthropology for the Present
  • What is Islamic Fundamentalism?

Translations by Author

  • The Middle East: Anthropological Considerations
  • The Man Married to Spirits: A Portrait of the Moroccan Tuhaami
  • Colonizing Egypt: The World of Exhibitions and Disciplinary Power

Health

  • Brainstem infarction
    2009-04-29
    Cause of death

Legacy

Contributed to the development of social anthropology in Japan and laid the foundation for Middle Eastern studies.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Association for Middle East Studies
  • Japanese Association of Cultural Anthropology