Acknowledgements
The present work is my second book on the work of Kojin Karatani. I need to point out here that I finished the final draft of this book before having the benefit of seeing Karatani’s latest book, ‘Power and Mode of Exchange’ which had been scheduled to come out in late 2025, which was unfortunately delayed. I would like to take the opportunity here and say that I owe an immense intellectual debt to his indispensable work.
At its early stage, my manuscript was reviewed by Gavin Walker in the editorial board of HM. I would like to thank him for his approval of the manuscript recommending it for its publication. During the process of review he patiently responded to my concerns for which I am grateful.
Kistina Wischenkamper went through the rough draft of my manuscript and intervened in it thoroughly to refine my language and make the text more readable for its English. As always, I am indebted to her fine work.
I would like to thank Danny Hayward for his effective communications at the early stage of editing the manuscript.
Many sincere thanks go to Pleun Bruinewoud, the Production Editor at TAT Zetwerk, for her communications and diligent copyediting of the manuscript bringing its production to completion.