Karatani Kojin
b. 1941
“Modes of exchange — capital and the gift as paired 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
Theory of Moral Sentiments — the impartial spectator inside each of us.
- Aníbal QuijanoFORGE
Coloniality of power — race as the deepest axis of modern domination.
- Henry SidgwickFORGE
Methods of Ethics — utilitarianism, egoism, intuitionism scrupulously compared.
- Joseph PriestleyFORGE
Necessity, materialism, oxygen — Unitarian radical chemist.
- Chen DuxiuFORGE
Founder of Chinese Communism — 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 ▶