History of the idea of fetichism: the born of the "subject-proprietor" at the end of the 19th century and its relationship with the body

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02268
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of thought
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Hashimoto Kazumichi 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (70581552)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 西洋思想史 / 写真論 / 身体論 / フェティシズム / 写真史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The results of this research are summarized in the following two points:
(1) By elucidating the relationship between photography and fetishism, this research succeeded in integrating the history of photography into the history of Western thought. Above all, it succeeded in bringing a new perspective to the study of photography, which has traditionally considered a photograph as a physical trace.
(2) It showed that the emergence of fetishism was deeply linked to the establishment of the modern concept of "property" in the early 19th century in Europe.

Free Research Field

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義および社会的意義は、①写真論と②身体論の２点から説明することができる。
①写真論については、これまで写真を被写体の物理的な痕跡と考える見方に囚われてきた議論に、イメージ人類学的な観点から新たな視座を切り開いた。その成果を日本語および英語の論文として世に問うた。
②身体論については、身体と「所有」の関係について考察する３冊の翻訳書と、１冊の編著書を刊行するに至った。いずれも学術書であると同時に一般の読者にも開かれた著作であり、社会的な意義は大きい。