Comprehensive Research on Understandings of Antiquity During the Fascist Era

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H03161
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Religious studies
• Research Institution: Kokugakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Hirafuji Kikuko 國學院大學, 研究開発推進機構, 教授 (50384003)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 月本 昭男 上智大学, 神学部, 教授 (10147928) ; 深澤 英隆 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 教授 (30208912) ; 江川 純一 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 助教 (40636693) ; 新免 光比呂 国立民族学博物館, 超域フィールド科学研究部, 准教授 (60260056) ; 松村 一男 和光大学, 表現学部, 教授 (70183952)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YAMANAKA Hiroshi 筑波大学, 人文社会科学研究科, 教授 (40201842) ; KUBOTA Hiroshi 明治学院大学, 国際学部, 教授 (60434205)
• Research Collaborator: SUZUKI Masataka 慶應義塾大学, 名誉教授 ; NAKAI Kate Wildman 上智大学, 名誉教授
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ファシズム / 古代 / 神話 / 宗教史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project takes up fascism as a phenomenon that expresses the distinctive characteristics of its era and explores from a comparative perspective the understandings of antiquity and mythology during that era. The project focused on religionists, researchers, and intellectuals during these years primarily in those countries that had direct experience with fascism: Japan, Germany, Italy, and Romania. The research also included surveys of relevant historic sites and monuments. The project's findings revealed that fascism was even more of a global phenomenon than had been supposed. Planning is now underway to publish the results of our studies as a collection of articles that will bring together the perspectives of all the researchers who participated in the project.

Free Research Field

宗教学、神話学