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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

An Introduction to the Study of the Transfiguration of the Technique and Nature by means of Comparative History of Civilization

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16320015
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field History of thought
Research InstitutionKansai University

Principal Investigator

KIOKA Nobuo  Kansai University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70204823)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHINAGAWA Tetsuhiko  Kansai University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90226134)
NAKAZAWA Tsutomu  Kansai University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (10241283)
ITO Toru  Kyoto Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Professor, 工芸学部, 教授 (20193500)
KUWAKO Toshio  Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Decision and Technology, Professor, 大学院・社会理工学研究科, 教授 (30134422)
SUZUKI Sadami  International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Professor, 教授 (60179207)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2005
KeywordsComparative History of Civilization / Technique / Nature / Body / Milieux / Mingei Movement / Eugenics / Marxist Theory of Technology
Research Abstract

The purpose of the project is to get the general understanding about the meaning of the radical technological development and the change of social body in Japan through the period of the modernization (form the last period of Tokugawa era to World War II). This research is an introduction to the more general study concerning the transfiguration of the technique and nature in various regions of the world by means of the comparative history of civilization.
For this purpose, we created several research parties and investigated each theme. (1) The "Muneyoshi YANAGI and Mingei Movement" team studied the development of the Mingei movement from Taisho era to Showa era. (2) The "Domestic Policy of Meiji Government and the Process of the Reformation of the Country" team investigated how the centralizational management of the country proceeded by the introduction of modern technologies. (3) The "Evolutionary Theory and Eugenics" team made basic research concerning the transformation of the image of the body of Japanese people, which was caused by the introduction of western thought and technology such as the evolutionary theory and eugenics. (4) The "Reassessment of Marxist Theory of Technology" team focused on the raise of the philosophy of technology in the Marxists and the Kyoto-school in the pre World War II era, and considered the relation of technique and body after modernization. (5) The "Thought and Practice of Architecture" team examined the thought of architecture after 1920s, especially the influence of Bruno Taut to the Japanese culture.
On October 29 and 30, 2005, We held the International Symposium titled "Historicity of Technique and Body", inviting the foreign scholars including Augustin Berque.
In 2006, we made conferences several times for the completion of our research, and discussed the results of each team from the general point of view. The papers are gathered in the report.

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2006 2005

All Journal Article (12 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 風景概念の基本構成2005

    • Author(s)
      木岡 伸夫
    • Journal Title

      関西大学文学論集 55.2

      Pages: 1-26

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 風景概念の哲学的反省2005

    • Author(s)
      木岡 伸夫
    • Journal Title

      関西大学 哲学 25

      Pages: 219-246

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 人間はいかなる意味で存続すべきか2005

    • Author(s)
      品川 哲彦
    • Journal Title

      アルケー 13

      Pages: 1-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 古代ギリシアの技術概念-プロメテウス神話の変容とプラトン-2005

    • Author(s)
      中澤 務
    • Journal Title

      関西大学 哲学 25

      Pages: 143-164

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 学際的研究とテクノロジーの問題2005

    • Author(s)
      伊藤 徹
    • Journal Title

      日本近代文学 72

      Pages: 235-237

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 提案のための文法-市民参加とコミュニケーション2005

    • Author(s)
      桑子 敏雄
    • Journal Title

      感性哲学 5

      Pages: 64-78

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Constitution fondamentale de la notion de paysage2005

    • Author(s)
      Nobuo KIOKA
    • Journal Title

      Essays and Studies by members of the Faculty of Letters (Kansai University) 55-2

      Pages: 1-26

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Reflexions philosophique sur la notion de 《paysage》2005

    • Author(s)
      Nobuo KIOKA
    • Journal Title

      Philosophia (Kansai University) 25

      Pages: 219-246

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] In What Sense Should Mankind Continue to Be?2005

    • Author(s)
      Tetsuhiko SHINAGAWA
    • Journal Title

      Arche 13

      Pages: 1-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Concept of Technology in Ancient Greece -Transformation of the Promethean Myth and Plato-2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsutomu NAKAZAWA
    • Journal Title

      Philosophia (Kansai University) 25

      Pages: 143-164

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Problem of Interdisciplinary Study and Technology2005

    • Author(s)
      Toru ITO
    • Journal Title

      Modern Japanese Literature 72

      Pages: 235-237

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Method of a Proposal - the Participation of Citizens and the Communication2005

    • Author(s)
      Toshio KUWAKO
    • Journal Title

      Kansei Philosophy 5

      Pages: 64-78

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 技術と身体2006

    • Author(s)
      木丘伸夫, 鈴木貞美
    • Total Pages
      416
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Technique and the Body2006

    • Author(s)
      Nobuo KIOKA, Sadami SUZUKI
    • Total Pages
      416
    • Publisher
      Minerva Shobo
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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