1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Critical Studies of Social Philosophy and Science-Technology

Research Project

Project/Area Number	09410016
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	History of thought
Research Institution	HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	TAKAHEI Hidetomo Fac. Of Letters, Hokkaido Univ., Professor, 文学部, 教授 (00146995)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	SUGIYAMA Jiro Fac. Of Science, Hokkaido Univ., Professor, 理学部, 教授 (30179171) ASAMI Katsuhiko Fac. Of Letters, Hokkaido Univ., Assoc. Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (10175854) IMAI Hiromichi Fac. Of Law, Hokkaido Univ., Professor, 法学部, 教授 (00093188) KAWASAKI Osamu Fac. Of Law, Hokkaido Univ., Professor (80143353)
Project Period (FY)	1997 – 1999
Keywords	Control over Nature / Social Integration / Ideology / STS / Critical Theory
Research Abstract	This co-operative study organized by 5 members of Hokkaido University tried to clarify the social and cultural effects and problems occurred by the developments of modern Science-Technology in each field of human activities. Nowadays the process of modernisation by means of technology, market economy and mass democracy has been coming to a turning point; the comprehensive understanding of the relation between human beings and nature, social organizations and culture as a whole requires a total and critical analysis. Our project needs to be continued and has to be developed in a higher class. The results obtained through our research are planned to be published from Yuhikaku publishing company in these some years.