A Cross Cultural Study of the Concept of Human Rights

• Project/Area Number: 18520618
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: NUMAZAKI Ichiro Tohoku University, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (40237798)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,220,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
• Keywords: 文化 / 人権 / 日本 / 東アジア / 比較文化 / 文化人類学

Research Abstract

In the Japanese conception of "human rights", the western notion of political and civil liberties against the state is limited in the legal circles. More widely held is the understanding that "human rights" are the rights of minorities whose justifiable "entitlements" are violated and thereby their human "dignity" is denied. Due to such a conception, women's rights are not so easily recognized as human rights, while the claims of the disabled people are more easily recognized as such.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A Way of Life or A Matter of Discrimination?: Gender Inequality, Human Rights and the Cultural Politics of 'National Tradition' in East Asia (2007)
  • Author(s): Numazaki Ichiro
  • Journal Title: Annual Report 2005, Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality, Tohoku University Pages: 114-127
• [Presentation] Public Anthropology in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): 沼崎一郎
  • Organizer: East Asian Anthropology and Globalization : A Regional Perspective
  • Place of Presentation: 台湾中央研究院民族学研究所・台湾
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-15
• [Presentation] cultural Models of Spousal Abuse : An Examination of Cases from Non-Western Societies (2008)
  • Author(s): 沼崎一郎
  • Organizer: アメリカ人類学会
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ、サンフランシスコ・ヒルトンホテル
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-23
• [Presentation] Cultural Models of Spousal Abuse : An Examination of Cases from Non-Western Societies (2008)
  • Author(s): 沼崎一郎, Ichiro Numazaki
  • Organizer: アメリカ人類学会American Anthropological Association
  • Place of Presentation: 米国サンフランシスコ市ヒルトンホテル
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-23
• [Presentation] Cultural Models of Spousal Abuse : An Examination of Cases from Non-Western Societies (2008)
  • Author(s): Numazaki Ichiro
  • Organizer: Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association
  • Place of Presentation: 米国サンフランシスコ, ヒルトンホテル