| Project/Area Number |
13410113
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
TOMODA Takuji Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 総合科学部, 教授 (70034824)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKAMOTO Masaru Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 総合科学部, 教授 (60233384)
YASUHARA Yoshihito Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education, Professor, 大学院・教育学研究科, 教授 (00093823)
OKAMOTO Akira Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (90025057)
INAI Taro Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Letters, Associate Professor, 大学院・文学研究科, 助教授 (50193537)
YAMADA Sonoko Hiroshima University, Faculty of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (10158199)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2003
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| Keywords | Historical Studies / Modern History / Western History / Europe and America / Community / Public Sphere / Civil Society / Individualism |
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| Research Abstract |
These days, there are many social diseases emerged from free competition which is based on the premise of individual independence. Social diseases are seen at various aspects and to large extent, which are in common especially in industrialized nations. They are thought to be deeply related with the ongoing reality that "stability", "social solidarity" and "common values" necessary for the foundation of life have been shaking. And also individual isolation is bound to cause confusion of individual identity.
Our common theme has been taking account of such present social circumstances, to study historically about individual's life made up of multiple social connections and identities under the relationship between the compulsory state and many selective (voluntary, discretionary) societies (associations), which were sometimes hostile and sometimes supplementary each other. In other words, we've tried to make inquires into plurality or multiplicity of identity through looking into historical context and relationship between "individual freedom and right" valued by Libertarians and "social solidarity" advocated by Communitarians.
We haven't adopted the conventional dualism which makes it a clear premise that the nation state consists of individuals directly. Instead, we've had taken the focus on a variety of social groups in the intermediate sphere between individuals and the state, generally called "civil society", in order to investigate plural aspects of transformation of individual identity in the historical process of national integration.
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