is a

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postmodern critic and curator, whose interests include contemporary arts, the history of

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, and

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. He is currently the Dean of the Graduate School at the

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. Until March 2008, he served as an associate professor of economics at the Institute of Economic Research at

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(KIER). Asada is widely recognized as the author of the bestselling book, "構造と力─記号論を超えて (''Structure and Power: Beyond Semiotics'')", which was published in 1983. He holds a position as a member of the supervisory committee at

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, and was a co-editor of a Japanese quarterly journal Hihyōkūkan (''Critical Space'') with

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until 2002.

Bibliography

In Japanese * 構造と力─記号論を超えて 'Structure and Power—Beyond Semiotics'' Keisō Shobō, 1983 * 逃走論 'A Theory of Escape'' Chikuma Shobō, 1984 * ヘルメスの音楽 'The Music of Hermes'' Chikuma Shobō, 1985 * 「歴史の終わり」を超えて 'Beyond "The End of History"'' Chūōkōron Shinsha, 1999 * 映画の世紀末 'The End of Cinema's Century'' Shinchōsha, 2000

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Critical Space Akira Asada Archives Kyoto University Institute of Economic Research Kyoto University of Art and Design
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