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A Critical Study of the Theodicy Problem in East Asian Studies of Max Weber

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24730436
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionChiba University of Commerce

Principal Investigator

ARAKAWA Toshihiko  千葉商科大学, 商経学部, 准教授 (70534254)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords神義論 / 儒教 / ヴェーバー / 官僚制化 / マックス・ヴェーバー / 自己責任 / 教養市民層 / 格差 / 応報 / 平等 / 儒教と道教 / 中国 / 近代化論批判 / 理解社会学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

According to Max Weber’s "Confucianism and Taoism", retributive justice is linked with social status in Confucianism. Social status distinguishes the commoner from the gentleman of living the virtue, and retributive justice demands self-help from the commoner. This Confucian theodicy, a marriage of retributive justice and social status, drives the gentleman to consider himself worthy of his fate and the commoner to depend on self-help. The final Confucian ideal was personality cultivation of the gentlemen, and not the profit-making activity of the common people. Therefore, the religious and ethical justice of the gentleman was preserved through this theodicy. It is important to compare the circumstances of this status of the Confucian gentleman with the German educated middle class. Taking this viewpoint, we can posit that Weber focused on the theodicy function of positive privilege predominance because it is responsible for social bureaucracy.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 戦後日本における暦の再編(1)――「迷信的」暦註の禁止と復活2014

    • Author(s)
      荒川敏彦・下村育世
    • Journal Title

      千葉商大紀要

      Volume: 第51巻第2号

    • NAID

      110009758634

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] マックス・ヴェーバーの神義論問題と理解社会学――先行研究とその批判2013

    • Author(s)
      荒川敏彦
    • Journal Title

      千葉商大紀要

      Volume: 50(2) Pages: 39-54

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] マックス・ヴェーバーにおける生活態度論――『プロテスタンティズムの倫理と資本主義の精神』と『儒教と道教』2012

    • Author(s)
      荒川敏彦
    • Journal Title

      千葉商大論叢

      Volume: 50(1) Pages: 247-249

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] マックス・ヴェーバーの社会的分化論(1)――『理解社会学のカテゴリー』の検討2012

    • Author(s)
      荒川敏彦
    • Journal Title

      千葉商大紀要

      Volume: 50(1) Pages: 59-71

    • NAID

      120005692895

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] マックス・ヴェーバーにおける神義論問題と『儒教と道教』2014

    • Author(s)
      荒川敏彦
    • Organizer
      日本宗教学会
    • Place of Presentation
      同志社大学(京都府、京都市上京区今出川通烏丸東入)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-12
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] マックス・ヴェーバーにおける生活態度論――『プロテスタンティズムの倫理と資本主義の精神』と『儒教と道教』

    • Author(s)
      荒川敏彦
    • Organizer
      国府台学会経済研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉商科大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 危機に対する思考2015

    • Author(s)
      荒川敏彦
    • Total Pages
      500
    • Publisher
      梓出版
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2025-11-19  

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