Menesuka mita

Munesuke Mita (見田 宗介, Mita Munesuke, 24 August 1937 – 1 April 2022)[1][2] was one of the most famous sociologists in Japan. Mita has studied about modern society at University of Tokyo and influenced many young sociologists such as Masachi Ohsawa, Shunya Yoshimi, Atsushi Miura [ja] and Shinji Miyadai.[1]

Biography
Famous Japanese sociologist about modern society. After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1960, Mita entered that university's graduate school where he completed the coursework for a doctorate.

Under his own name and with the pseudonym Yūsuke Maki (真木悠介, Maki Yūsuke), Mita has published a large amount of material. His numerous books are mostly sociological but include one on Kenji Miyazawa. An English translation of one of his books together with excerpts from several others is published as Social Psychology of Modern Japan.

Mita made a keynote report A Framework for the Sociology of Future: Logistics Curve and the Axial Ages at the National Session of World Congress of Sociology in 2014.

Mita received Orders of the Sacred Treasure by the Emperor of Japan in 2017.[1]

One of his sons is Ryūsuke Mita, creator of Dragon Half.

Munesuke Mita has a good relationship with Hiroshi Sugimoto, Michiko Ishimure, Kiyokazu Washida, Shunsuke Tsurumi, Kazuko Tsurumi [ja] and Maki Fumihiko.

Books by Mita
Social Psychology of Modern Japan. Trans. Stephen Suloway. London: Kegan Paul International, 1992. ISBN 0-7103-0451-X
Psicologia Social del Japon Moderno (Estudios de Asia y Africa).. Spain: El Colegio de Mexico, 1996.
Single-author (Japanese)
『現代日本の精神構造』 弘文堂、1965年 NCID BN01205423 のち2004年 朝日出版社、2014年
『価値意識の理論 - 欲望と道徳の社会学』 弘文堂、1966年8月 のち1987年 ISBN 4335550014
『近代日本の心情の歴史 - 流行歌の社会心理史』 講談社、1967年11月 全国書誌番号:67002806、NCID BN12908607。
『現代の青年像』 講談社〈講談社現代新書〉、1968年3月 全国書誌番号:68001618、NCID BN00875384。