Transformations of Japanese Public Opinion in 1990's : Researches centered on Some Main Topics
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16520062
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
HIRAISHI Naoaki The University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science, Professor, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (20013013)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUMOTO Reiji The University of Waseda, Department of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (30013022)
SUZUKI Tsutomu The University of Shinshu, Department of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (30180029)
KARUBE Tadashi The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Associate Professor, 法学政治学研究科, 助教授 (00261941)
UNO Shigeki The University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science, Associate Professor, 社会科学研究所, 助教授 (00292657)
SATOU Minako The University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science, Research Associate, 社会科学研究所, 助手 (90361633)
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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 |
¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Keywords | Japan in 1990's / transformation of public opinion / nationalism / views of Asia / theories of civil society / assessments pf social sciences / attitudes toward the emperor system / roles of intellectuals |
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| Research Abstract |
In this project, we aim to have a clear view of what changes happen in Japanese public opinion since 1990's. The method is that of a detached perspective of intellectual history.
Around these years, big events took place successively such as the end of the Cold War, the dissolution of socialist regime, the outbreak of the Gulf War, Chinese acceleration in its reform policy, and the democratization in Korea. The situation pushes Japan to search for new strategies including the revision of the present Constitution.
Also with bubbly economy and its burst as well as the bringing forth of new liberal reforms, various social bonds like family, firm, and community which had formed the backbone of Japanese society in the postwar periods begin to lose power to tie people ; atomization is in progress and identity crisis is widely felt. The Japanese security myth seems to have gone.
In this project, we chose such topics as nationalist trends, views of Asia, theories on civil society, assessments of social sciences, and attitudes toward the emperor system, all of which are great issues in public opinion these days, and tried to analyze what their transforming facets mean in postwar Japanese intellectual history, in relation to social and international backgrounds, above mentioned. Five articles will appear in the special issue of "The Journal of Social Science", Vol.58, No.1.
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