| Project/Area Number |
18530412
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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 |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
WADA Shuichi Waseda University, School of Letters and Sciences, Professor (30106215)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,150,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
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| Keywords | ikigai / modern self / modernization / modernit / enforced civilization / what makes life worth living / ethical consciousness / identity / 生きがい / 人生の意味(理念と利害) / 倫理・道徳 / 自己と社会 / 近代(化) / 自己利害と公共善 / 人生の意味 / 自己 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project executed, in the first year, (1) a survey of collecting usage examples of ikigai word in literary works published in mid and late Edo Eras; and (2) it tried to formulate a theoretical framework to explain historical change of Japanese people's ethical consciousness indicated in a historical change of meaning ofikigai, the framework which is applicable to the historical interpretation of Japanese culture. And in next year, (1) it expanded the collection of ikigai usage in early Meiji Era, to the earliest stage of modernization of Japanese society, for the purpose of understanding relation between Japanese modernization and change of ikigai meaning; and (2) it also tried to reformulate the explanatory framework already formed in order to establish a theory that aims to understand historical process of modernization from the perspective of identity change resulting in forming modern identity. The theory is to be called`Sociology of Thigaf as it is constructed around the concept of ikigai, the concept which is introduced into the theory from the perspective of dualism. Logic of ikigai (what makes life worth living) is pecognized here as a syntagmaticlogic connecting a value paradigm and individual action orientation.
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