Yuriko Saito Explained

Yuriko Saito
Native Name:斉藤 百合子
Birth Date:1953
Birth Place:Japan
Education:
Occupation:Philosopher
Institutions:Rhode Island School of Design
Thesis Title:The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature: Western and Japanese Perspectives and Their Ethical Implications
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Thesis Year:1983
Doctoral Advisor:Donald W. Crawford
Main Interests:Aesthetics
Website:https://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.[1] She is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[2]

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Quartz. The case against perfectionism—and for a disheveled elegant life. Ephrat. Livni. June 23, 2018. 2023-10-03. Quartz. The Japanese art principle that teaches how to work with failure. Ephrat. Livni. August 3, 2018. 2023-10-03.
  2. Web site: Yuriko Saito, Professor Emeritus. History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences Faculty. Rhode Island School of Design. 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. Web site: Curriculum vitae. Yuriko. Saito. 2023-09-26.
  6. Web site: The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature: Western and Japanese Perspectives and Their Ethical Implications. Yuriko. Saito. 1983. University of Wisconsin–Madison.
  7. Web site: Outstanding Monograph Prize. American Society for Aesthetics. 2023-09-26.
  8. Web site: Yuriko Saito Named Richard Wollheim Lecturer for 2020. September 6, 2019. American Society for Aesthetics. 2023-09-26.
  9. Reviews of Everyday Aesthetics:
  10. Reviews of Aesthetics of the Familiar:
  11. Review of Aesthetics of Care:
    • Thomas Leddy, The British Journal of Aesthetics,

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