Kozo Uno

A representative Marxist economist born in Japan. Born on November 12, 1897 in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Tokyo Imperial University in 1921 (Taisho 10). After studying in Germany, he became an assistant professor at Tohoku Imperial University, where he taught economic policy theory. Through his laborious work at that time, "Economic Policy Theory" (Part 1), he deepened his thoughts on the relationship between fundamental research in economics and policy theory. In 1938 (Showa 13), he was implicated in the so-called Popular Front Incident, and was indicted, but was found not guilty. In the end, he left the university in 1941 and moved to a private research institute. After World War II, he became a professor at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, and continued his research on the theory of principles, while establishing an economic methodology that integrates the three areas of the theory of principles, the theory of stages, and current situation analysis. This is the so-called three-stage theory. This unique system, known as the Uno theory, had a great impact on the Marxist economics community in Japan from the perspective of clearly distinguishing ideology and social science, and at the same time, it was able to shed light on the debate on Japanese capitalism that had existed since before the war from a new methodological perspective. In addition to the above-mentioned works, his major works include "Principles of Economics" (1950, 1952), "Theory of Panic" (1953), and "Methodology of Economics" (1962). He passed away on February 22, 1977.

[Shunzo Nitta]

"The Collected Works of Kozo Uno, Vol. 10 and Supplementary Volume 1 (1973-74, Iwanami Shoten)" ▽ "Fifty Years of Capital, by Kozo Uno, Volumes 1 and 2 (1970, 1973, Hosei University Press)"

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日本の生んだ代表的なマルクス経済学者。明治30年11月12日岡山県倉敷に生まれる。1921年（大正10）東京帝国大学経済学部卒業。ドイツ留学後、東北帝国大学助教授となって経済政策論を担当。当時の労作『経済政策論』（上）を通して、経済学の原理的研究と政策論との関連性についての思索を深めた。38年（昭和13）いわゆる人民戦線事件に連座、起訴され、無罪となったが、結局41年同大学を去り、民間の研究所に移った。第二次世界大戦後、東京大学社会科学研究所教授となり、原理論の研究を進めるとともに、原理論、段階論、現状分析の三つの領域を統合する経済学方法論を樹立した。これがいわゆる三段階論である。宇野理論とよばれるこの独自の体系は、イデオロギーと社会科学を明確に区別するという視点から日本のマルクス経済学界に大きな影響を与えると同時に、戦前からの日本資本主義論争に対しても新しい方法論的視点から光をあてることができたのである。主要著作は前出書のほかに『経済原論』上下（1950、52）、『恐慌論』（1953）、『経済学方法論』（1962）など多数がある。昭和52年2月22日没。

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『『宇野弘蔵著作集』10巻・別巻1（1973～74・岩波書店）』▽『宇野弘蔵著『資本論五十年』上下（1970、73・法政大学出版局）』

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