| Project/Area Number |
16320015
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of thought
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
KIOKA Nobuo Kansai University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70204823)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHINAGAWA Tetsuhiko Kansai University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90226134)
NAKAZAWA Tsutomu Kansai University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (10241283)
ITO Toru Kyoto Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Professor, 工芸学部, 教授 (20193500)
KUWAKO Toshio Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Decision and Technology, Professor, 大学院・社会理工学研究科, 教授 (30134422)
SUZUKI Sadami International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Professor, 教授 (60179207)
望月 俊孝 福岡女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (50200332)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥10,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥6,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000)
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| Keywords | Comparative History of Civilization / Technique / Nature / Body / Milieux / Mingei Movement / Eugenics / Marxist Theory of Technology |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of the project is to get the general understanding about the meaning of the radical technological development and the change of social body in Japan through the period of the modernization (form the last period of Tokugawa era to World War II). This research is an introduction to the more general study concerning the transfiguration of the technique and nature in various regions of the world by means of the comparative history of civilization.
For this purpose, we created several research parties and investigated each theme. (1) The "Muneyoshi YANAGI and Mingei Movement" team studied the development of the Mingei movement from Taisho era to Showa era. (2) The "Domestic Policy of Meiji Government and the Process of the Reformation of the Country" team investigated how the centralizational management of the country proceeded by the introduction of modern technologies. (3) The "Evolutionary Theory and Eugenics" team made basic research concerning the transformation of the image of the body of Japanese people, which was caused by the introduction of western thought and technology such as the evolutionary theory and eugenics. (4) The "Reassessment of Marxist Theory of Technology" team focused on the raise of the philosophy of technology in the Marxists and the Kyoto-school in the pre World War II era, and considered the relation of technique and body after modernization. (5) The "Thought and Practice of Architecture" team examined the thought of architecture after 1920s, especially the influence of Bruno Taut to the Japanese culture.
On October 29 and 30, 2005, We held the International Symposium titled "Historicity of Technique and Body", inviting the foreign scholars including Augustin Berque.
In 2006, we made conferences several times for the completion of our research, and discussed the results of each team from the general point of view. The papers are gathered in the report.
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