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Comparative Study on the Reception of Darwinism

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12490020
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 広領域
Research InstitutionKYOTO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

SAKAGAMI Takashi  Institute for Research in Humanities, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, professor, 人文科学研究所, 教授 (70047166)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKEZAWA Yasuko  Institute for Research in Humanities, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Assistant Professor, 人文科学研究所, 助教授 (70227015)
YAGI Keiichiro  Graduate School of Economic, KYOTO UNIVERSITY professo, 経済学研究科, 教授 (30116511)
OHIGASHI Yoshitaka  Center for Student Exchanges, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, professo, 留学生センター, 教授 (90169053)
KOBAYASHI Hiroyuki  Institute for Research in Humanities, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Instructor, 人文科学研究所, 助手 (00293952)
KITAGAKI Toru  Institute for Research in Humanities, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Instructor, 人文科学研究所, 助手 (50283669)
山室 信一  京都大学, 人文科学研究所, 教授 (10114703)
上野 成利  京都大学, 人文科学研究所, 助手 (10252511)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥4,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000)
KeywordsEvolutionism / Darwinism / Sociobiology / Eugenics / Race / Darwin / Spencer / Lamarck / 利他心 / 偶然性
Research Abstract

Since the publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species, evolutionism has produced great effects on various fields. First of all, in contrast witli the ancient natural history which was exclusively preoccupied with the static classification of species, it has given rise to a dynamic comprehension of life based on the principles such as "struggle of existence" or "natural selection". It has not only limited itself to a mere biological theory ; but contributed greatly to the paradigm shift in human and social sciences such as philosophy, psychology, economics, sociology, anthropology, etc. And with the term of "social Darwinism", we already know much about its ideological application to the explication and the justification of social and political phenomena. Organized with several researchers working on different specific topics, our research aimed basically to explore such interdisciplinary and multidimensional impact of evolutionism.
One of the essential understandings we have finally o … More btained is that evolutional concepts sometimes have contradictory ambiguity. Capitalists and socialists remain both to be evolutionist, for example, attaching the opposite meaning to the idea of struggle of existence. This is partly because evolutionary thought had drawn its inspiration not only from Darwin, but from various authors. Though much is not mentioned to him in our time, Spencer had great theoretical influence in the late nineteenth century : his system includes various disciplines which encompass from metaphysics to social theory. Preceding half a century to Darwin, Lamarck had developed in France his own evolutionary thought, with the emphasis on the inheritance of acquired characters and the internal force of evolution. And it is well known that the author of The Origin of Species owed much to Malthus and his political economy theory on population. Thus evolutionism consists essentially in the complicated assemblage of knowledge which has reciprocating action by the term of metaphors and analogies, among several disciplines, or between science and society. In this intellectual process, there has sometimes been misunderstandings and theoretical distortions which we made efforts to describe in our research. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (22 results)

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All Publications (22 results)

  • [Publications] 大東祥孝: "Dichotic Monitoring Testにおける注意と耳優位性の関係について"神経心理学. 16. 32-38 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 大東祥孝: "変質論と進化論"精神医学史研究. 3. 34-39 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 八木紀一郎: "オーストリア学派における自由主義の純化"土地制度史学. 171. 1-9 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 竹沢泰子: "人種言説とアメリカ人類学"綾部恒雄編『文化人類学のパイオニア』ミネルヴァ書房. (印刷中). (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 北垣 徹: "万国博覧会と国際会議-サン=シモン主義による知の組織化"人文学報. 84. 23-57 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小林博行: "1859年前後のゲーテ形態学"モルフォロギア. 22. 12-22 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 阪上 孝, 上野成利(編): "ダーウィン以降の人文・社会科学"京都大学人文科学研究所. 110 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 大東祥孝: "Dichotic Monitoring Testにおける注意と耳優位性の関係について"神経心理学. 16. 32-38 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 大東祥孝: "変質論と進化論"精神医学史研究. 3. 34-39 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 八木紀一郎: "オーストリア学派における自由主義の純化"土地制度史学. 171. 1-9 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 竹沢泰子: "人種言説とアメリカ人類学"綾部恒雄編『文化人類学のパイオニア』ミネルヴァ書房. (印刷中). (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 北垣 徹: "万国博覧会と国際会議-サン=シモン主義による知の組織化"人文学報. 84. 23-57 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小林博行: "1859年前後のゲーテ形態学"モルフォロギア. 22. 12-22 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 阪上 孝, 上野成利(編): "ダーウィン以降の人文・社会科学"京都大学人文科学研究所. 110 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Shinichi YAMAMURO: "Form and Function of Meiji Srate in Modern East Asia"ZINBUN. 34-1. 179-196 (1999)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Yasuko TAKEZAWA: "Racial Boundaries and Stereotypes"The Japanese Journal of American Studies. 10. 430-450 (1999)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小林博行: "1859年前後のゲーテ形態学"モルフォルギア. 22. 12-22 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 大東祥孝: "変質論と進化論"精神医学史研究. 3. 34-39 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 阪上孝: "万国博覧会と科学のイデオロギー"社会思想史研究. 24. 27-32 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 阪上孝: "研究者の組織化と科学のイデオロギー"人文学報(京都大学人文科学研究所). 84. 59-82 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 阪上孝,上野成利 編: "人文・社会科学と自然科学の対話の試み-進化論を主題として"京都大学人文科学研究所. 71 (2000)

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      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 山室信一,古屋哲夫 編: "近代日本における東アジア問題"吉川弘文館. 307 (2001)

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      2000 Annual Research Report

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