History and Lessens of the Kyoto School : An analysis of Constructivist Theories of Nishida Kitaro and his disciples

• Project/Area Number: 21530139
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Ryukoku University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMIZU Kosuke 龍谷大学, 国際文化学部, 教授 (70310703)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: 国際関係理論 / 政治思想 / 京都学派 / 構築主義 / 非西欧型国際関係理論 / 戸坂潤 / 西田幾多郎 / 三木清 / 国際関係 / 国際文化論 / 構成主義 / 日本政治史 / 暴力論 / 国際文化学 / 宮崎駿 / ソフトパワー論 / 人間の安全保障 / ポストコロニアリズム / イギリス学派

Research Abstract

The relationship of such concepts of Nishida Kitaro as 'Place of Nothingness' and 'Absolute Contradictory Identity' and his involvement in the wartime regime was thoroughly Analysed. This research revealed that his concept of 'Culture' was profoundly influenced by 'nation-state'. I also pointed out in the articles published that his disciples showed same inclination.
It was also pointed out that there are striking similarities between the beginning of the 20th century when the Kyoto School's philosophy was rapidly developed against the Western philosophy and the 21st century when non-Western international relations theories are attracting wide audience of international relations specialists. In doing so, I presented this argument at several international academic conferences.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 現代におけるグローバルな善・悪の概念について;カント・アレント・デリダの正義 (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Journal Title: 平和研究 Volume: 36 Pages: 43-61
• [Journal Article] Nishida Kitaro and Japan's Interwar Foreign Policy : War Involvement and Culturalist Political Discourse (2011)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Journal Title: International Relations of Asia Pacific Volume: 11(1) Pages: 157-183
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 現代におけるグローバルな善・悪の概念について-カント・アレント・デリダの正義 (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Journal Title: 平和研究 Volume: 36 Pages: 43-60
• [Journal Article] Nishida Kitaro and Japan's Interwar Foreign Policy : War Involvement and Culturalist Political Discourse (2011)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Journal Title: International Relations of Asia-Pacific Volume: 11(1) Pages: 157-183
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Proceedings of the Fifth Afrasian International Symposium, Conflict Resolution in the Afrasian Context (2010)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Journal Title: Examining More Inclusive Approaches Pages: 19-28
• [Journal Article] Why were Japanese "Postmodernists" involved in the Wartime Regime? : Learing From Kyoto School's Theory of World History (2010)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the Fifth Afrasian International Symposium, Nobuko Nagasaki, Pauline Kent, Kosuke Shimizu, Shiro Sato and Kazue Demachi, eds., Conflict Resolution in the Afrasian Context : Examining More Inclusive Approaches, 6 February 2010, Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University Pages: 19-28
• [Journal Article] Structural Violence and Human Security (2010)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Journal Title: 2010 Afrasian Working Paper 65 Pages: 1-25
• [Journal Article] 非暴力抵抗の3つの歴史と3つの概念 (2009)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Journal Title: 国際社会文化研究所紀要第11号、龍谷大学 Pages: 107-118
• [Presentation] Materialising 'Non-Western': Two Philosophers of the Kyoto School on Culture and Politics (2012)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Organizer: Nordic Association of Contemporary Japanese Society
  • Place of Presentation: Gothenburg University
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-22
• [Presentation] Materialising 'Non-Western': Two Philosophers of the Kyoto School on Culture and Politics (2012)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Organizer: International Workshop,"Theorising Asia : The Development of Post-Western IR Theory
  • Place of Presentation: O. P. Jindal Global University
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-24
• [Presentation] Materialising the "Non-Westernness" : The Kyoto School's Struggles for Post Modernity and Their Consequences (2012)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: Theorising Asia : The Development of Post-Western IR Theory
  • Place of Presentation: O.P.Jindal Global University (India)(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-24
• [Presentation] Materialising 'Non-Western': Two Stories of Philosophers of the Kyoto School on Culture and Politics (2012)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Organizer: Japanese Studies Association
  • Place of Presentation: Tokai International College, Honolulu
  • Year and Date: 2012-01-05
• [Presentation] Materialising the "Non-Westernness" : The Kyoto School's Struggles for Post-Modernity and Their Consequences (2012)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: Annual Conference of Nordic Association of Contemporary Japanese Society
  • Place of Presentation: Gothenburg University (Sweden)
• [Presentation] Materialising 'Non-Western': Two Stories of Philosophers of the Kyoto School on Culture and Politics (2011)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Organizer: Academia Sinica International Symposium,"Democracy, Empire, and Geo-Politics"
  • Place of Presentation: Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-11
• [Presentation] Materialising the "Non-Westernness" : The Kyoto School's Struggles for Post Modernity and Their Consequences (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: Phase 2第1回アフラシア国際シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 龍谷大学(滋賀県)
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-24
• [Presentation] Soft-Power Paradox ; Miyazaki Hayao's Cunning Strategy for Cultural Resistance (2011)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Organizer: Leiden University MEARC Lecture Series
  • Place of Presentation: Leiden University
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-24
• [Presentation] Nation, Culture, State : Japan's Softpower Diplomacy and Miyazaki Hayao's Animation Films (2011)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Organizer: MEARC Lecture series
  • Place of Presentation: Leiden University Netherland
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-23
• [Presentation] Materialising the "Non-Westernness" : The Kyoto School's Struggles for Post Modernity and Their Consequences (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: Democracy, Empires, and Geo-Politics
  • Place of Presentation: Academia Sinica (Taiwan)(招待講演)
• [Presentation] 構造的暴力と人間の安全保養 (2010)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: 日本政治学会
  • Place of Presentation: 中京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-09
• [Presentation] Why Were Japanese 'Postmodernists' Involved in the Wartime Regime?: Learning from Kyoto School's Theory of World History (2010)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Organizer: Afrasian Centre 5^<th> international Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Ryukoku University
  • Year and Date: 2010-02-06
• [Presentation] Why were Japanese "Postmodernists" involved in the Wartime Regime? : Learing From Kyoto School's Theory of World History (2010)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: The 5^<th> International Symposium of Afrasian Centre
  • Place of Presentation: 大田市国際会議場(韓国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-02-06
• [Presentation] Kyoto School and War Involvement (2009)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Shimizu
  • Organizer: International Convention for Asian Scholars
  • Place of Presentation: Daejun International Conference Centre
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-06
• [Presentation] Kyoto School and War Involvement (2009)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: International Convention for Asian Scholars
  • Place of Presentation: 大田市国際会議場(韓国)
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-06
• [Presentation] アメリカ政治経済の特性と文化論の隆盛 (2009)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: 国際関係思想ネットワーク第7回シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 国際基督教大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-25
• [Presentation] アメリカ政治経済の特性と文化論の隆盛 (2009)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: 国際基督教大学社会科学研究所国際シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 国際基督教大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-25
• [Presentation] 国際政治経済学と文化 (2009)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Organizer: 社会科学研究所オープンレクチャー
  • Place of Presentation: 国際基督教大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-24
• [Book] 世界と日本の政治経済の混迷:変革への提言 (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Total Pages: 283
  • Publisher: 御茶の水書房
• [Book] 国際政治哲学 (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Total Pages: 344
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ出版
• [Book] グローバル政治理論 (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介
  • Total Pages: 228
  • Publisher: 人文書院
• [Book] 国際政治哲学 (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介(共著)
  • Total Pages: 344
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ書店
• [Book] グローバル政治理論 (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介(共著)
  • Total Pages: 229
  • Publisher: 人文書院
• [Book] 世界と日本の政治経済の混迷:変革への提言 (2011)
  • Author(s): 清水耕介(共著)
  • Total Pages: 283
  • Publisher: 御茶の水書房
• [Book] 暴力/非暴力 (2010)
  • Author(s): 長崎暢子、清水耕介
  • Total Pages: 404
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Book] 暴力と非暴力 (2010)
  • Author(s): 長崎暢子、清水耕介(編)
  • Total Pages: 404
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Remarks] アフラシア平和開発研究センター
  • URL: http://www.afrasia.ryukoku.ac.jp/index.html