Ehara Yumiko (
). Born 1952 in Yokohama. Dropped out of the graduate program in Sociology at the University of Tokyo in 1979, but later received her Ph.D there in 2002. Teaches Sociology and Women’s Studies at Tokyo Metropolitan University. Works include Seikatsu sekai no shakaigaku (1985); Jōsei kaihō toiu shisō (1985); Sōchi toshite no sei shihai (1995); Feminizumu no paradokkusu (2000); and Jendā chitsujo (2001).
Kang Sangjung (
). Born 1950 in Kumamoto. Received his advanced degree in Political Science at Waseda University and teaches Political Thought at Tokyo University. Books include (1986) Futatsu no sengo to Nihon (1995); Orientarizumu no kanata he (1996); and Nashonarizumu: shikō no furontia (2001); (Max Weber to kindai).
Karatani Kōjin (
). Born 1941 in Hyōgo prefecture. Earned his Master’s degree in English Literature at Tokyo University in 1967. Head of the Research Institute for International Cultural Sciences at Kinki University. Principal works include Han-bungaku ron (1979); Tankyū I (1986); Tankyū II (1989); Origins of Modern Japanese Literature (Duke University Press, 1993); and Architecture as Metaphor: Language, Number, Money (MIT Press, 1995).
Nishitani Osamu (
). Born 1950 in Aichi prefecture. After receiving his M.A. in French Literature at Tokyo Metropolitan University, he continued his studies at the University of Paris VIII. Teaches French Studies at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. His books include Fushi no wandārando (1990); Sensō ron (1992); Yoru no kodō ni fureru: sensō ron kōgi (1995); Ridatsu to idō: Bataille, Blanchot, Duras (1997); and Sekaishi no rinkai (2000). Has translated works by Blanchot, Bataille and Levinas.
Naoki Sakai (
). Born 1946 in Kanagawa prefecture. Earned his Ph.D. in Japanese Studies at the University of Chicago in 1983. Teaches Japanese Literature and History at Cornell University. Works include Voices of the Past: The Status of Language in Eighteenth-Century Japanese Discourse (Cornell University Press, 1991); Shizan sareru Nihongo Nihonjin (1996); Nihon shisō toiu mondai: honyaku to shutai (1997); and Translation and Subjectivity: On “Japan” and Cultural Nationalism (University of Minnesota Press, 1997).
Takahashi Tetsuya (
). Born 1956 in Fukushima prefecture. In 1983 received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Tokyo, where he now teaches. Among his books are Gyakkō no rogosu: gendai tetsugaku no kontekusuto (1992); Kioku no echika: sensō, tetsugaku, Auschwitz (1995); Derrida: datsukōchiku (1998); Sengo sekinin ron (1999); and Rekishi/shūseishugi (2001).
Ueno Chizuko (
). Born 1948 in Toyama prefecture. Received her advanced degree in Sociology from Kyoto University. Teaches Sociology and Women’s Studies at Tokyo University. Major works include Shihonsei to kaji rōdō (1985); Onna ha sekai wo sukueru ka (1986); Sukāto no shita no gekijō (1989); Kafuchōsei to shihonsei (1990); Kindai kazoku no seiritsu to shūen (1994); and Nashonarizumu to jendā (1998).
Ukai Satoshi (
). Born 1955 in Tokyo. Attended Kyoto University for his graduate studies in French Literature and Thought. Teaches French Studies at Hitotsubashi University. Works include Teikō he no shōtai (1997); Tsugunai no arukeorojī (1997); and Ōtō suru chikara: kitaru beki kotoba tachi he (2003). Has translated books by Jean Genet and Derrida.