Background
Kozo Uno was born on November 12, 1897 in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
弘蔵 宇野
Kozo Uno was born on November 12, 1897 in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
In 1921 Kozo Uno graduated from Economics Department of Tokyo University.
Kozo Uno specialized in theoretical economy. In 1938 he was appointed assistant professor at Tohoku University but had to resign for his involvement in the people's front affair.
Uno based his work on a rigorously Hegelian reading of Marx's Capital. This led him to his well-known conclusion that Marxian analysis had to be conducted at three separate levels:
The "pure" theory of Capital, freed from the complications of history - highly abstract exercises in dialectical logic on the basic, core dynamics of capitalist economy.
A "middle" level, which traces the general development of capitalism through distinct historical stages - mercantilism, classical liberalism and so on.
The analysis of the 'messy' details of capitalist economy in the real world, concentrating on particular narratives rather than an overall picture.