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Study of the Views on Language in Postwar Sociological Theories: In the Light of the Socio-Historical Background from the Emergence of National Society to its End

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H01564
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
Research InstitutionKumamoto University

Principal Investigator

Tada Mitsuhiro  熊本大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究部(文), 教授 (20632714)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords方法論的ナショナリズム / 言語社会学 / 国民国家 / 世界社会 / 知識社会学 / 社会学史 / グローバリゼーション / 国語 / 言語 / 社会学理論 / ナショナリズム
Outline of Research at the Start

世界社会時代に相応しい新しい社会学的言語観を確立すべく、研究代表者の従前の成果を発展継承させつつ、主に文献精査により、研究期間の前半ではアルフレート・シュッツやタルコット・パーソンズなど戦中~戦後期の社会学者、後半ではピエール・ブルデュー、ユルゲン・ハーバマス、ニクラス・ルーマンなどポスト戦後期の社会学者について、その言語観と社会的背景を明らかにする。必要に応じて海外アーカイブ等で資料収集も行う。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, I sought to clarify the views on language held by the leading postwar sociological theorists (Schutz, Parsons, Bourdieu, Habermas, Luhmann, etc.) and the social context in which they were formed. Broadly speaking, it became clear that normative theorists such as Parsons and Habermas took it for granted that people share the same language as a crucial medium, while Schutz, Bourdieu, and Luhmann, who theoretically kept their distance from national society, tended to relativize the theoretical position of language. Further research will continue to confirm this finding. During the total four years of this project (FY 2019-2022), I have published the results, including those on related topics, in four peer-reviewed papers in English (three of them in prominent international journals), two invited lectures at foreign universities, and one presentation at an international conference (also peer-reviewed).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本課題では、これまでほとんど検討されてこなかった社会学理論の言語概念の内実、またその時代拘束性を明らかにした。従来、社会学理論の研究では、戦後の安定的な国民社会をモデルに、人びとが同じ言語を共有していると前提しがちであった。だがこの方法論的ナショナリズムは、昨今のグローバリゼーションで人の国際移動が活発化し、社会の言語的多様化が進む現実にフィットしていない。その点で本課題は、既存理論の再検討を通じて、その言語観の限界を克服し、マルチリンガル化する社会の統合につながる、社会学の新しい言語論の構築に寄与する。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Alfred Schutz on Race, Language, and Subjectivity: A Viennese Jewish Sociologist’s Lifeworld and Phenomenological Sociology within Transition from Multinational Empire to Nation-State2023

    • Author(s)
      Tada, Mitsuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Kumamoto Journal of Humanities

      Volume: 4 Pages: 103-158

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Culture of Society: The Concept of Culture in the Age of the World Society2022

    • Author(s)
      Tada, Mitsuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Soziale Systeme

      Volume: 25(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 277-304

    • DOI

      10.1515/sosys-2020-0019

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Language and Imagined Gesellschaft: Emile Durkheim’s Civil-linguistic Nationalism and the Consequences of Universal Human Ideals2020

    • Author(s)
      Tada, Mitsuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Theory and Society

      Volume: forthcoming Issue: 4 Pages: 597-630

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11186-020-09394-1

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report 2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] How Society Changes: Sociological Enlightenment and a Theory of Social Evolution for Freedom2020

    • Author(s)
      Tada Mitsuhiro
    • Journal Title

      The American Sociologist

      Volume: 51(4) Issue: 4 Pages: 446-469

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12108-020-09464-y

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 無知の無知を超えて――社会学から見た国民国家と教育2020

    • Author(s)
      多田光宏
    • Journal Title

      研究紀要[熊本県高等学校地歴・公民科研究会編]

      Volume: 50 Pages: 2-38

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Alfred Schutz on Race, Language, and Subjectivity: A Viennese Jewish Sociologist’s Lifeworld within Transition from Multinational Empire to Nation-State2022

    • Author(s)
      Tada, Mitsuhiro
    • Organizer
      The Sociological Seminar of the University of Passau
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Meaning of Language for Alfred Schutz and his Lifeworld in Vienna: From the Perspective of Assimilation and Othering of Viennese Jews2021

    • Author(s)
      Tada, Mitsuhiro
    • Organizer
      The International Alfred Schutz Circle for Phenomenology and Interpretive Social Science, The 5th Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Alfred Schuetz' Sprachsicht und ihr sozialer Hintergrund: Die Lebenswelttheorie des juedischen Soziologen auf ihn selbst angewendet2019

    • Author(s)
      Tada, Mitsuhiro
    • Organizer
      the Workshop of the General Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Technical University of Berlin
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://mitsuhiro-tada-sociology.com

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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