2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The intellectuals' role in the German Enlightenment - "utility" vs. "universality"
| Project/Area Number |
20520070
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of thought
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAITO Sho Osaka University, 大学院・言語文化研究科, 准教授 (20314411)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 社会思想史 / ドイツ啓蒙主義 / 知識人 / 教育学 / フリードリヒ2世 / ハーバーマス / コミュニケーション / 教育の公事化 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research program aims at analysing the discourse in the German Enlightenment about the role (s) to be played by the intellectuals'for the society as a whole. On the one hand, their primary function was sometimes sought in the promotion of useful knowledge and social well-being, i. e. in their "utility" for human life. On the other hand, others saw the intellectuals'genuine destination not so much in their "usefulness" as in their not being subordinate to any preestablished purpose (s), i. e. in their "universality". I examined the process of discourse formation making use of this pair of criteria : "utility" vs. "universality".
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