Kazuki Fujitaka
{{Short description|Japanese philosopher}}
{{Nihongo|Kazuki Fujitaka|藤高 和輝|Fujitaka Kazuki|born 1986}} is a Japanese philosopher and an associate professor in the Faculty of Cultural Studies at Kyoto Sangyo University.{{refn|group=nb|Fujitaka has stated, "I cannot fully dispel a sense of discomfort with the identity of 'being a man.' ... I oscillate between a male identity and a transgender identity." Consequently, this article uses the pronouns they/them to refer to Fujitaka.{{Cite journal |last=Fujitaka |first=Kazuki |year=2019 |title=Torimidashi wo hikiukeru koto: dansei aidentiti to toransujenda aidentiti no aida de |trans-title=Assuming a trouble: between male identity and transgender identity |journal=Gendai Shiso |language=Ja |volume=47 |issue=2 |page=129}}}} Their areas of expertise include contemporary philosophy, feminism, queer theory, and transgender studies.{{Cite web |title=藤高 和輝 |url=https://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/faculty/professors/fcsi/fujitaka_kazuki.html |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=京都産業大学 |language=ja}}{{Citation |last=Kawasaka |first=Kazuyoshi |title=Introduction: A new age of visibility? LGBTQ+ issues in contemporary Japan |date=2024-01-15 |work=Beyond Diversity |pages=1–20 |editor-last=Kawasaka |editor-first=Kazuyoshi |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110767995-004/html |access-date=2025-05-07 |publisher=De Gruyter |doi=10.1515/9783110767995-004 |isbn=978-3-11-076799-5 |last2=Würrer |first2=Stefan |editor2-last=Würrer |editor2-first=Stefan|doi-access=free }}
Early life and education
Fujitaka was born in Osaka City. They graduated from the School of Human Sciences at Osaka University and completed both their master's and doctoral programs at the same institution. Fujitaka earned a Ph.D. in Human Sciences with a dissertation titled Judith Butler: The Fight for Life and Philosophy.{{Cite journal |last=藤高 |first=和輝 |date=2017-03-22 |title=ジュディス・バトラー : 生と哲学を賭けた闘い |url=https://ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp/repo/ouka/all/61442/ |journal=Doctoral Dissertation}}{{Citation |last=山森 |first=裕毅 |title=書評 藤高和輝著『ジュディス・バトラー 生と哲学を賭けた闘い』 |date=2019 |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/sfjp/24/0/24_300/_article/-char/ja/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |publisher=日仏哲学会 |language=ja |doi=10.51086/sfjp.24.0_300 |id=0}}
Career
After serving as a JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists and as an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Osaka University, Fujitaka joined Kyoto Sangyo University in 2020.
Research and contributions
Fujitaka began their academic career by studying the intellectual formation of Judith Butler’s philosophy.{{Citation |last=山田 |first=秀頌 |title=＜書評＞藤高和輝著『〈トラブル〉としてのフェミニズム―「とり乱させない抑圧」に抗して』（青土社、2022） |date=2023-07-31 |url=https://doi.org/10.24567/0002003785 |access-date=2025-05-07 |publisher=お茶の水女子大学ジェンダー研究所 |language=ja |doi=10.24567/0002003785 |id=26}} They have since developed a unique concept they refer to as the "philosophy of trouble," which synthesizes insights from feminist and queer thinkers such as Mitsu Tanaka, bell hooks, and Sara Ahmed.{{Cite journal |last=稲田 |first=紘子 |date=2022 |title=書評：藤高和輝『〈トラブル〉としてのフェミニズム ―「とり乱させない抑圧」に抗して』青土社、2022年 |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/arws/43/0/43_75/_article/-char/ja/ |journal=女性学年報 |volume=43 |pages=75–80 |doi=10.32167/arws.43.0_75}} Fujitaka is also recognized for their contributions to Japanese scholarship on intersectionality.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-23 |title=現代社会の最重要概念「インターセクショナリティ」をご存知ですか？（下地 ローレンス吉孝） @gendai_biz |url=https://gendai.media/articles/-/90216 |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=現代ビジネス |language=ja}}
In addition to their academic research, Fujitaka is known for their work translating key texts in queer theory into Japanese. Their translation portfolio includes works by Sara Ahmed,{{Cite journal |last1=Sara |first1=Ahmed |last2=Fujitaka |first2=Kazuki |year=2022 |title=ハンマーの共鳴性 (in Japanese) |trans-title=An Affinity of Hammers |url=https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1520573657348240128 |journal=現代思想 |language= |volume=50 |issue=5 |pages=90–106}} Lee Edelman,{{Cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Edelman |last2=Fujitaka |first2=Kazuki |year=2019 |title=未来は子ども騙し : クィア理論、非同一化、そして死の欲動 (in Japanese) |trans-title=The Future Is Kid Stuff: Queer Theory, Disidentification, and the Death Drive |url=https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1520573331057289216 |journal=思想 |issue=1141 |pages=107–126 |issn=0386-2755}} and Gayle Salamon.{{Citation |last=中村 |first=美亜 |title=＜書評＞ゲイル・サラモン著, 藤高和輝訳 『身体を引き受ける トランスジェンダーと物質性のレトリック』 |date=2020-07-31 |url=https://doi.org/10.24567/00063804 |access-date=2025-05-07 |publisher=お茶の水女子大学ジェンダー研究所 |language=ja |doi=10.24567/00063804 |id=23}}
Books
= Single author =
- Judith Butler: The Fight for Life and Philosophy (ジュディス・バトラー：生と哲学を賭けた闘い), Ibunsha, 2018, {{ISBN|978-4-7531-0345-4}}
- Feminism as a trouble (〈トラブル〉としてのフェミニズム：「とり乱させない抑圧」に抗して), Seidosha, 2022, {{ISBN|978-4-7917-7443-2}}
- Not like this: philosophy of transgender and body (ノット・ライク・ディス：トランスジェンダーと身体の哲学), Ibunsha, 2024, {{ISBN|978-4-7531-0384-3}}{{Cite web |title=今週の本棚：伊藤亜紗・評 『ノット・ライク・ディス トランスジェンダーと身体の哲学』＝藤高和輝・著 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20240803/ddm/015/070/022000c |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=毎日新聞 |language=ja}}
- The introduction of Butler (バトラー入門), Chikuma shobo, 2024, {{ISBN|978-4-480-07634-2}}{{Cite journal |last=青本 |first=柚紀 |year=2025 |title=REVIEW 書評 共鳴する〈トラブル〉 : 藤高和輝『バトラー入門』(ちくま新書、2024年) |url=https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1520584642166304640 |journal=フィルカル : philosophy & culture : 分析哲学と文化をつなぐ |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=272–276}}
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