Kozo Uno

Thought

1. Theory of Principles : The "pure" theory of Capital, freed from the complications of history – highly abstract exercises in dialectical logic on the basic, core dynamics of capitalist economy.
2. Theory of Stages : A "middle" level, which traces the general development of capitalism through distinct historical stages – mercantilism, classical liberalism and so on.
3. Analysis of the Present : The analysis of the 'messy' details of capitalist economy in the real world, concentrating on particular narratives rather than an overall picture.

Chronology

• November 12 — Born in Kurashiki Town, Okayama Prefecture

• March — Graduates from Okayama Prefectural Takahashi High School
• July — Enrolls at the Sixth Higher School

• June — Graduates from the Sixth Higher School
• July — Enrolls in the German Law section at the Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University but soon transfers to the Economics section

• April — Graduates from Economics section at the Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Imperial University
• May — Becomes a non-regular employee at the

• July 2 — Marries Takano Maria
• September — Leaves for Europe to research economics, residing mainly in Berlin

• Resigns from the Ōhara Institute for Social Research
• Enrolls at the University of Berlin and attends a few lectures by Werner Sombart, Hermann Schumacher, Ernst Wagemann, Heinrich Cunow and Gustav Mayer, but does not study under anyone and mainly studies by himself
• Attends a SPD conference with Sakisaka Itsurō, goes to socialist and communist meetings, reads Vorwärts and Die Rote Fahne
• Focusses on studying Marx's Capital along with the recently published German edition of Lenin's Imperialism, but finds Lukács's History and Class Consciousness and Korsch's Marxism and Philosophy "too ideological"

• September — Returns to Japan; brings back Hilferding's Finance Capital and studies it
• October — Appointed as an associate professor at the Faculty of Law and Literature, Tohoku Imperial University

• September — Becomes responsible for the Economics III module at Tohoku Imperial University

• June — Debut article 'The Necessity of Money: Hilferding's Monetary Theory Reconsidered' published in the journal Shakai Kagaku

• February — Arrested in Sendai in connection with the so-called Rōnōha Professors Incident and remains in custody until May
• December — Indicted under the National Security Law and ordered to take a leave of absence

• October — Ruled not guilty in the first hearing at the Sendai District Court

• December — Ruled not guilty in the second hearing at the Miyagi Court of Appeal

• January — Reinstatement is approved by the Committee of Professors of the Faculty of Law and Literature, Tohoku Imperial University, but declines and resigns
• March — Employed at the Institute for Japanese Trade at the Japan Trade Promotion Association

• June — Resigns from the Institute for Japanese Trade at the Japan Trade Promotion Association
• July — Employed at the Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute

• March — Becomes a lecturer at Tohoku Imperial University

• January — Resigns from the Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute and becomes a non-regular employee at the Institute of Social Science, Tokyo Imperial University
• June — Appointed as a professor at Tokyo Imperial University and employed at their Institute of Social Science

• June — Appointed as the director of the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo

• February — Resigns as Director from the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo

• January — Becomes a Secretary of the Institute of Statistical Research
• May — Given a role at the Social Science section at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo and becomes responsible for their theoretical economics and history of economics courses

• December — Receives a doctorate in economics

• March — Resigns from the University of Tokyo after reaching their mandatory retirement age
• April — Appointed as a professor at the Department of Sociology, Hosei University

• March — Resigns as professor from Hosei University
• April — Becomes a lecturer for the Social Science section of the Graduate School of Hosei University
• Junes — Becomes a non-regular employee at the Institute for Economic Research, Rissho University

• March — Resigns as lecturer from the Graduate School of Hosei University

• March — Resigns as non-regular employee from the Institute for Economic Research, Rissho University
• May 21 — Suffers a stroke and is bedridden thereafter

• February 22 — Dies at home in Kugenuma, Fujisawa City

Publications

As author

• * In the 1954 edition, "Vol. 1" was dropped from the title.Prolegomena to the Agrarian Question .Theory of Value .Introduction to Capital .
• * A reader's guide to Capital, Vol. 1.Studies on Capital .Introduction to Capital, Vol. 2 .Principles of Economics .
• * Published in 2 volumes. "経済原論" is the same title as Marshall's Principles of Economics in Japanese.For Social Science .Studies on the Theory of Value .Theory of Crisis .
• Capital and Socialism .Studies on the Principles of Marxist Economics .Methodology of Economics .Economics Seminar, Vol. 1: Method of Economics .Economics Seminar, Vol. 2: Issues in the Theory of Value .Economics Seminar, Vol. 3: Problems of the Theory of Crisis and the Theory of Commercial Profit .Principles of Economics .
• * The abridged but revised edition of the 1950-52 Principles of Economics.Fundamental Problems of Social Science .Discussion on Economics .Economics as Social Science .Problems of Marxist Economics .Economic Theory of Capital .Fifty Years with Capital .
• * Published in 2 volumes. In interviews, Uno details his intellectual biography.Theory of Economic Policy .
• * The revised edition of the 1936 Theory of Economic Policy.Utility of Economics .Selected Works of Uno Kōzō .
• * Published in 11 volumes .Learning from Capital .
• Capital and Me .

As co-author

• Uno Kōzō and Umemoto Katsumi, Social Science and the Dialectic .
• Uno Kōzō, Ōuchi Tsutomu and Ōshima Kiyoshi, Capitalism: Its Development and Structure .
• Uno Kōzō and Fuji'i Hiroshi, The Archetype of Modern Capitalism .

As editor

• * "広域経済" is the Japanese translation of 'Großraumwirtschaft'.Lectures on the Principles of Economics .Economics .
• * Published in 2 volumes.Studies on Land Tax Reform .
• * Published in 2 volumes.The Present State of the Rural Economy in Japan under Economic Stability .
• Capital Studies, Vol. 1: Commodity, Money and Capital .
• Capital Studies, Vol. 2: Surplus Value and Accumulation .
• Capital Studies, Vol. 3: Distribution Process of Capital .
• Capital Studies, Vol. 4: Production Price and Profit .
• Capital Studies, Vol. 5: Interest and Rent .

As co-editor

• Capital Studies: Commodity and Process of Exchange .
• Capital Studies: Process of Distribution .Studies on Marxist Economics: Festschrift for Prof. Ōuchi Hyōe on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday, Vol. 1 .The World Economy and the Japanese Economy: Festschrift for Prof. Ōuchi Hyōe on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday, Vol. 2 .Japanese Capitalism and Agriculture .Dictionary of Capital .

As translator

• Friedrich Engels, 'Über historischen Materialismus', Marx-Engels Complete Works, Vol. 12 .
• Karl Marx, 'Die moralisierende Kritik und die kritisierende Moral', Marx-Engels Complete Works, Vol. 3 .
• Walter Bagehot, Lombard Street .

Uno's works in English translation

• * Translation of the abridged 1964 Iwanami Zensho edition of Principles of Economics.The Types of Economic Policies under Capitalism, trans. Thomas T. Sekine, ed. John R. Bell.
• * Translation of the 1971 edition of Theory of Economic Policy.Theory of Crisis, trans. Ken C. Kawashima.

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