Yuriko Saito
Japanese-American philosopher
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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.[1] She is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[2]
Yuriko Saito | |
|---|---|
| 斉藤 百合子 | |
| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) Japan |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
| Education | |
| Education | |
| Thesis | The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature: Western and Japanese Perspectives and Their Ethical Implications (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald W. Crawford |
| Philosophical work | |
| Institutions | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Main interests | Aesthetics |
| Website | https://www.yurikosaito.com/ |
Education and career
Saito is originally from Sapporo, Japan,[3] where she was born in 1953.[4] 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.[2][5] Her 1983 doctoral dissertation, The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature: Western and Japanese Perspectives and Their Ethical Implications, was supervised by Donald W. Crawford.[6]
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.[5]
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.[7]
In 2020, Saito was the Richard Wollheim Lecturer at the British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference.[8]
Selected publications
Books
Articles
- "The Japanese Aesthetics of Imperfection and Insufficiency", The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 55, 1997, pp. 377–385, doi:10.2307/430925, JSTOR 430925
- "Appreciating Nature on Its Own Terms", Environmental Ethics, Vol. 20, 1998, pp. 135–149, doi:10.5840/enviroethics199820228
- "The Significance of Environmental Aesthetics", in: Valery Vino (ed.), Introduction to Philosophy: Aesthetic Theory and Practice. Montreal, Quebec: The Rebus Community, 2021, pp. 106–108.
- "Living with Everyday Objects: Aesthetic and Ethical Practice", in: Eva Kit Wah Man; Jeffrey Petts (eds.), Comparative Everyday Aesthetics: East-West Studies in Contemporary Living. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023, pp. 9–20, doi:10.1515/9789048554508-001, JSTOR j.ctv37363s6