Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
The present study examines the relationship between cooperativity and individualism in the field of lifelong learning based on communication theory by Gregory Bateson. It is an attempt to empirically clarify how individualized emphasis such as self-realization and self-determination actually stimulates anti-individual movements, which represent an alternative cooperativity. Gregory Bateson tried to overcome the individual ideology especially within the modern western culture by considering that the individual is already included in the system of cooperativity and the environment. These exploratory attempts were seen in the practice of lifelong learning in Japanese depopulated communities and the practice of alcoholism self-help groups.
All 2009 2008
All Journal Article (2 results) Presentation (6 results)
京都大学生涯教育学・図書館教育学研究 第8巻
Pages: 11-28
京都大学生涯教育学・図書館情報学研究 8
