is a Japanese

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and an associate professor in the Faculty of Cultural Studies at

Kyoto Sangyo University is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. It is one university that belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu" (産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area. History The university was established in 1965 by Toshima Araki (, ...

. Their areas of expertise include

contemporary philosophy Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the early 20th century with the increasing professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy. The phrase "con ...

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

queer theory Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of queer studies (formerly often known as gay and lesbian studies) and women's studies. The term "queer theory" is broadly associated with the study a ...

, and

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

studies.

Early life and education

Fujitaka was born in

Osaka City is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population ...

. They graduated from the School of Human Sciences at

Osaka University The , abbreviated as UOsaka or , is a List of national universities in Japan, national research university in Osaka, Japan. The university traces its roots back to Edo period, Edo-era institutions Tekijuku (1838) and Kaitokudō, Kaitokudo (1724), ...

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''.

Career

After serving as a JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists and as an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Sciences at

, Fujitaka joined

in 2020.

Research and contributions

Fujitaka began their academic career by studying the intellectual formation of

Judith Butler Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American feminist philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In ...

’s philosophy. 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 was a Japanese feminist and writer, who became well known as a radical activist during the early 1970s. Early life Tanaka was born in 1943 as the third daughter of a fishmonger called Uogiku in front of Kisshō-ji, Tokyo. At birth, she suffered ...

bell hooks Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks (stylized in lowercase), was an American author, theorist, educator, and social critic who was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Be ...

, and Sara Ahmed. Fujitaka is also recognized for their contributions to Japanese scholarship on

intersectionality Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. Examples of these intersecting and overlapping factor ...

. In addition to their academic research, Fujitaka is known for their work translating key texts in

into Japanese. Their translation portfolio includes works by Sara Ahmed, Lee Edelman, and Gayle Salamon.

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, * ''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, * ''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, * ''The introduction of Butler (バトラー入門)'', Chikuma shobo, 2024,

Translation

* Gayle Salamon, ''Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality'', ''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'', Ibunsha, 2019,

Notes

References

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