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Japanese-American philosopher
Yuriko Saito
斉藤 百合子
Born1953
Japan
Education
OccupationPhilosopher
InstitutionsRhode Island School of Design
ThesisThe Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature: Western and Japanese Perspectives and Their Ethical Implications (1983)
Doctoral advisorDonald W. Crawford
Main interestsAesthetics
Websitehttps://www.yurikosaito.com/

Yuriko Saito (Japanese: 斉藤 百合子, born 1953) is a retired Japanese-American philosopher specializing in aesthetics, including wabi-sabi, the Japanese philosophy of appreciating transience and imperfection. She is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

Education and career

Saito is originally from Sapporo, Japan, where she was born in 1953. She studied philosophy at International Christian University in Tokyo, earning a bachelor's degree there. Next, she completed her PhD in philosophy, with a minor in Japanese literature, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her 1983 doctoral dissertation, The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature: Western and Japanese Perspectives and Their Ethical Implications, was supervised by Donald W. Crawford.

Meanwhile, she began working for the Rhode Island School of Design as an assistant professor in 1981. She remained there for the rest of her career, becoming a full professor in 1995 and retiring as professor emeritus in 2018.

Recognition

Saito's book Aesthetics of the Familiar: Everyday Life and Worldmaking was the 2018 winner of the Outstanding Monograph Prize of the American Society for Aesthetics.

In 2020, Saito was the Richard Wollheim Lecturer at the British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference.

Selected publications

Books

  • Everyday Aesthetics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Paperback, 2010.
  • Aesthetics of the Familiar: Everyday Life and World-Making. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Paperback, 2019.
  • Aesthetics of Care: Practice in Everyday Life. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.

Articles

References

  1. Livni, Ephrat (June 23, 2018). "The case against perfectionism—and for a disheveled elegant life". Quartz. Retrieved 2023-10-03. Livni, Ephrat (August 3, 2018). "The Japanese art principle that teaches how to work with failure". Quartz. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  2. ^ "Yuriko Saito, Professor Emeritus". History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences Faculty. Rhode Island School of Design. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  3. She calls Sapporo "my hometown" on p. 162 of Aesthetics of the Familiar.
  4. Birth year from German National Library catalog entry, retrieved 2023-09-26
  5. ^ Saito, Yuriko. "Curriculum vitae". Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  6. Saito, Yuriko (1983). "The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature: Western and Japanese Perspectives and Their Ethical Implications". University of Wisconsin–Madison.
  7. "Outstanding Monograph Prize". American Society for Aesthetics. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  8. "Yuriko Saito Named Richard Wollheim Lecturer for 2020". American Society for Aesthetics. September 6, 2019. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  9. Reviews of Everyday Aesthetics:
  10. Reviews of Aesthetics of the Familiar:
  11. Review of Aesthetics of Care:

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