Authors & Thinkers — P


Patrick Lafcadio Hearn

小泉 八雲


Newspaper reporter, travelogue writer,…

Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904), also known in Japan as Yakumo Koizumi, was a Greek-born writer, journalist, essayist, and interpreter of Japanese culture. Born on the Greek island of Lefkada and raised in Ireland, he worked as a journalist in the United States before moving to Japan in 1890. After…

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Paul Adolph Volcker

ポール・ボルカー


Economist

Paul Volcker (1927–2019) was an American economist whose career centered on monetary policy and the international monetary system. After graduating from Princeton University, he earned a master’s degree in political economy and government at Harvard and continued his studies at the London School of…

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Paul Morland

ポール・モーランド


Demographer

Paul Morland is a British demographer whose work examines the connections between population change, politics, economics, and international relations. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics, and economics and a master’s degree in international relations at the University of Oxford,…

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Peter H Diamandis

ピーター・ディアマンディス


Entrepreneur, investor

Peter H. Diamandis is an entrepreneur and investor working in commercial space, health and longevity technology, and the commercialization of exponentially advancing technologies. He earned degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. In…

Phil Elwood

フィル・エルウッド


Public relations specialist

Phil Elwood is an American public relations consultant and author. After graduating from Georgetown University and pursuing graduate studies at the London School of Economics, he spent nearly two decades in Washington, D.C., advising corporations, governments, and political figures on strategic…

Phil Klay

フィル・クレイ


Novelist, former Marine Corps officer

Phil Klay (1983–) is an American novelist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he served in the Marine Corps from 2005 to 2009 and was deployed to Iraq’s Anbar Province as a public affairs officer in 2007–08. His short-story collection “Redeployment”…

Philip Delves Broughton

フィリップ・デルブス・ブロート…


Journalist

Philip Delves Broughton is a British journalist and author. He studied classics at the University of Oxford and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. After working for ten years as a reporter and foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, he began contributing regularly to publications…

Philip Gefter

フィリップ・ゲフター


Photography historian

Philip Gefter is an American journalist, photography critic, and nonfiction writer. A former editor and writer for "The New York Times," he has written extensively on photography, art, and visual culture. Known for his meticulously researched biographies and cultural histories, he explores the…

Philip Gourevitch

フィリップ・ゴーレイヴィッチ


Journalist, Nonfiction writer

Philip Gourevitch is a journalist investigating political violence and its aftermath. He worked as a New Yorker staff writer and editor of The Paris Review. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families examined the 1994 Rwandan genocide through survivors' accounts,…

Philip Kotler

フィリップ・コトラー


Management scholar

Philip Kotler (born 1931) is an American economist and marketing scholar. He is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. Widely regarded as the "father of modern marketing," Kotler has played a central role in establishing marketing as a rigorous…

Philip Roth

フィリップ・ロス


Novelist

Philip Roth (1933–2018) was an American novelist. Through the lives of Jewish American families and individuals, he explored the effects of social and political change. American Pastoral (untranslated into Japanese), in which the turmoil of the 1960s disrupts a family’s life, won the 1998 Pulitzer…

Philip Zimbardo

フィリップ・ジンバルドー


Psychologist, Professor Emeritus,…

Philip Zimbardo (1933–2024) was an American social psychologist and professor at Stanford University. He studied how situations, power, and assigned social roles influence human behavior. He became widely known for the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, although the study has been strongly criticized…

Philippe Aghion

フィリップ・アギヨン


Economist, Professor at the Collège de…

Philippe Aghion (born 1956) is a French economist and Professor at the Collège de France and the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on economic growth, innovation, and competition policy, and he is widely recognized for his contributions to endogenous growth…

Philippe Sands

フィリップ・サンズ


Lawyer, University College Law Professor

Philippe Sands (born 1960) is a British-French lawyer, legal scholar, and author. He is Professor of the Public Understanding of Law at University College London (UCL) and has appeared as counsel before international courts, including the International Court of Justice and the International…

Phoebe Greenwood

フィービー・グリーンウッド


Journalist

Phoebe Greenwood is a British-Australian journalist and novelist. She worked as a Middle East correspondent based in Jerusalem for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, and The Sunday Times, before serving as a foreign affairs editor and correspondent at The Guardian. Drawing on years of reporting…