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Historical Studies on the View of Nature and Environment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 61301085
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 科学技術史(含科学社会学・科学技術基礎理論)
Research InstitutionOSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

SUZUKI ZENJI  OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY, 教育学部, 教授 (10035165)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YOSHIDA TADASHI  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, 文学部, 教授 (60004058)
YUKAWA YOJI  YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY, 教養部, 助教授 (10166853)
NARISADA KAORU  HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, 総合科学部, 助教授 (50110466)
KITO SHUICHI  YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY, 教養部, 助教授 (40169892)
EGAMI FUYUKO  TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 工学部, 助手 (80016493)
Project Period (FY) 1986 – 1987
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1987)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
KeywordsVIEW OF MATURE / VIEW OF ENVIRONMENT / COMPARATIVE CULTURE / SCIENCE and SOCIETY / ECOLOGY / エコロジー / 環境 / 生態系
Research Abstract

It is said that the Japanese view of nature,in which human being is included in nature and both are fellows, is more important than that of Europeans,in which human being is superior to any other beings in this world,to solve the problems are rising now in human environment.But,the destruction of environment in Japan is very crucial.Why is it so ? In this project, we attempted to clear this difficult problem and studied the difference between the view of nature in Japan and those in Europe and America Historically.
Since the scientific technology had developed with the European view of nature in 19 Century,human kind has used the wild nature willfully and as the result of it, they faced very dangerous situation.Now, we must divise how to escape this situation. In America, political approach was done(Yoshida). In Japan, the local community where Japanese view of nature was growned,was destroyed through the modernization(Yukawa).Next, we must get the other way. It is the environmental science. So,we investigated the rise of this discipline(Narisada) and the formation process of the concept of ecosystem(Egami and Suzuki). Also the ideological background of biologist concerned with ecological movement were studied(Kitoh). We conclude that environmental ethics must be constructed through the education in consideration of the view of nature and ecological ideas.

Report

(2 results)
  • 1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • 1986 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1987-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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