Karatani Kojin
b. 1941
“Modes of exchange pairs capital and the gift as political histories.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TRTrust in Reason7 / 10
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- SRSkeptical Reflex7 / 10
- POPractical Orientation7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Jeremy BenthamFORGE
The greatest happiness of the greatest number — pleasure calculus made law.
- Adam SmithFORGE
His Theory of Moral Sentiments installs an impartial spectator inside each of us.
- Aníbal QuijanoFORGE
Coloniality of power — race as the deepest axis of modern domination.
- Henry SidgwickFORGE
His Methods of Ethics compares utilitarianism, egoism, and intuitionism with great scruple.
- Joseph PriestleyFORGE
Necessity, materialism, oxygen — Unitarian radical chemist.
- Chen DuxiuFORGE
Founder of Chinese Communism, he made New Youth's call to science and democracy.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Karatani Kojin's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Karatani Kojin or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREKaratani Kojin vs Jeremy BenthamOn Mull's map Jeremy Bentham sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶