'Sciences of Character' in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26580014
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	History of thought
Research Institution	Waseda University (2016) Kyoto University (2014-2015)
Principal Investigator	Kawana Yuichiro 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, 准教授(任期付) (20595920)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	性格の科学 / 骨相学 / オウエン主義 / エソロジー / 犯罪人類学 / 生理学的決定論 / 国際情報交換
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this study, I aim to exhibit the intellectual context of early and mid-nineteenth-century Britain, in which several attempts to establish 'Sciences of Character' were appeared. I take up Phrenology, Owenism, and Ethology as the subject-matter for the research, and clarify (1) the theoretical aspects and significance of the Sciences of Character and (2) the intellectual and social relationships between them. Furthermore, I discuss the relationship between science and society, employing 'Sciences of Character' as an insightful example.

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