Masahiro Morioka
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Masahiro Morioka (森岡 正博, Morioka Masahiro, born September 25, 1958) is a Japanese philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of philosophy of life, bioethics, gender studies, media theory, and civilization studies. He is a professor of philosophy and ethics at Waseda University, Japan. He coined the term "life studies" for an integrated approach to the issues of life, death, and nature in contemporary society. Since 2006 he has proposed a new philosophical discipline he calls "philosophy of life". He has published numerous academic books and articles, mainly in Japanese, and has regularly contributed commentaries and book reviews to major Japanese newspapers and magazines.[1] His books include Painless Civilization, which criticizes the incessant attempts to escape from pain and suffering in modern civilization, Confessions of a Frigid Man: A Philosopher's Journey into the Hidden Layers of Men's Sexuality, which illuminates some of the darker sides of male sexuality such as the "Lolita complex" and male frigidity, and Lessons in Love for Herbivore Men, one of the books that helped popularize the term "herbivore men". He is the editor-in-chief of Journal of Philosophy of Life, an associate editor of Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics,[2] and an organizing committee member of the International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life.[3]
Masahiro Morioka | |
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Born | (1958-09-25) September 25, 1958 (age 65) Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan |
Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western/Eastern philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy, Asian philosophy, Analytic philosophy, bioethics |
Main interests | Philosophy of life, metaphysics, ethics, men's studies, civilization studies |
Notable ideas | Painless civilization, life studies, frigid man |