Thomas T. Sekine

{{Short description|Japanese economist (1933–2022)}}

{{Infobox economist

| school_tradition= Marxian economics

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| name = Tomohiko Sekine, a.k.a. Thomas T. Sekine

| birth_date = 22 November 1933

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| death_date = 16 January 2022 (aged 88)

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| nationality = Japanese

| institution = York University[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%96%A2%E6%A0%B9%E5%8F%8B%E5%BD%A6-1085042 "関根友彦 せきね ともひこ"] 講談社デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus

| field = Political economy

| alma_mater = Hitotsubashi University

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| academic_advisors = Shigeto Tsuru[http://kanonline.news.coocan.jp/2014-09-19tsuru-seminar.html "都留重人ゼミ昭和32年会"]

| influences = Kozo Uno, Karl Marx

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{{nihongo|Tomohiko Sekine|関根 友彦|Sekine Tomohiko|22 November 1933 – 16 January 2022}}, a.k.a. Thomas T. Sekine was a Japanese economist and was considered to be one of the most important theorists on the field of Marx's labor theory of value. His main work The Dialectic of Capital was published in 1986. He was a scholar of Kozo Uno.{{cite web |title=Passings: Thomas T. Sekine |url=https://www.yorku.ca/laps/2022/02/02/passings-thomas-t-sekine/ |publisher=York University |access-date=14 September 2023}}

Published works

  • Sekine, Thomas T.: The Dialectic of Capital. A Study of the Inner Logic of Capitalism, as Japanese title, Bumpai no Genri, 2 volumes (preliminary edition), Tokyo 1986; {{ISBN|978-4-924750-33-3}} (vol. 1), {{ISBN|4-924750-34-4}} (vol. 2). {{doi|10.4444/34.1}}.
  • Sekine, Thomas T.: An Outline of the Dialectic of Capital, 2 volumes, London, New York 1997; international: {{ISBN|0-333-66677-1}} (vol. 1), {{ISBN|0-333-66678-X}} (vol. 2); Nordamerika: {{ISBN|0-312-17559-0}} (vol. 1), {{ISBN|0-312-17560-4}} (vol. 2), {{ISBN|0-312-17558-2}} (set). {{doi|10.4444/34.2}}.
  • Sekine, Thomas T.: Uno-Riron: A Japanese Contribution to Marxian Political Economy, in: Journal of Economic Literature 13 (1975), pp. 847-877. {{doi|10.4444/34.100}}.

Bibliography

  • Kubota, Ken: Die dialektische Darstellung des allgemeinen Begriffs des Kapitals im Lichte der Philosophie Hegels. Zur logischen Analyse der politischen Ökonomie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Adornos und der Forschungsergebnisse von Rubin, Backhaus, Reichelt, Uno und Sekine [https://eulederminerva.de/files/kapital.pdf (PDF)], in: Beiträge zur Marx-Engels-Forschung. Neue Folge 2009, pp. 199-224. {{doi|10.4444/100.100.de}}.
  • Kubota, Ken: The Dialectical Presentation of the General Notion of Capital in the Light of Hegel's Philosophy: On the Logical Analysis of Political Economy with Special Consideration of Adorno and the Research Results of Rubin, Backhaus, Reichelt, Uno, and Sekine [https://owlofminerva.net/files/capital.pdf (PDF)], in: Revista Dialectus 9 (2020), no. 18, pp. 39-65. {{doi|10.4444/100.100}}.
  • Pack, Spencer J.: [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1132/is_n8_v39/ai_6319845/print Do not dump the Unoites – Unoite school of Marxist thought in Japan]. Reply to John Lie, includes John Lie's response.
  • Pozo, Luis M.: [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3780/is_200110/ai_n8954156/print Dialectics and Deconstruction in Political Economy.]
  • Saraka, Sean: [http://clogic.eserver.org/2002/saraka.html Review of Albritton's "Dialectics and Deconstruction in Political Economy“.]
  • Westra, Richard: [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3780/is_200210/ai_n9096682/print Marxian economic theory and an ontology of socialism: A Japanese intervention.]

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