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Uchida Yoshihiko

うちだ よしひこ

Uchida Yoshihiko

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1913-02-25 (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)
Died
1989-03-18 age 76
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Economist
Active Years
1939-1983
Affiliations
Senshu University
Influenced By
Adam Smith, Karl Marx

Education

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Economics / Department of Economics
Year of Graduation: 1939
Country: Japan
Senshu University
Faculty of Economics / Department of Economics
Degree: 経済学博士
Year of Graduation: 1954
Country: Japan
Doctoral thesis 'The Birth of Economics'

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1967
Work: The Image of Japanese Capitalism
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞
Osaragi Jiro Prize
1981
Work: Social Science as a Work
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Birth of Economics

1953 History of Economics

A work based on his doctoral thesis examining the development of economics.

Historical consciousnessSocial Science

The Course of Social Cognition

1971 Social Science

Discusses the relationship between historical and modern cognition, the relationship between ideals and how-to, and methods of reading books.

EpistemologyReading

Bibliography

  • The Birth of Economics
  • Lectures on the History of Economics
  • The World of Das Kapital
  • The Image of Japanese Capitalism
  • The Course of Social Cognition
  • Stroll into Scholarship
  • Social Science as a Work
  • Reading and Social Science
  • Discovery of Form
  • Scholarship and Art

Style & Themes

Literary Style
AcademicScholarly
Recurring Motifs
Historical CognitionSocial Thought

Legacy

Contributed to the development of social science in Japan through research in the history of economics and social thought.