Political subjects and Etienne Balibar's philosophy in the age of French declonization

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12832
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 01040:History of thought-related
• Research Institution: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Ota Yusuke 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (70793074)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: エティエンヌ・バリバール / ポストコロニアリズム / 政治主体 / 反人種主義 / インターセクショナリティ / 脱植民地化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to examine, from the perspective of the history of ideas, the formation of political subjects in France of the postcolonial era, in which residents of diverse origins are mixed after the independence of the French colonies. The study is based on the works of contemporary French philosopher Etienne Balibar and researches on immigrants from the former French colonies.
Both oppositions and connections between the former French colonial population characterized by a complex identity, and the traditional French population are analyzed from multiple perspectives, particularly from the perspectives of antiracism and intersectional feminism.

Free Research Field

思想史・フランス思想

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

旧仏領植民地出身者とその子孫に焦点を当てる移民研究と哲学者エティエンヌ・バリバールの思想研究を架橋することによって、脱植民地期フランスに特有の複合的なアイデンティティを備えた政治主体論を考察した。旧仏領植民地出身の移民労働者に対する人種差別、移民第二世代の権利要求運動、公立学校におけるムスリムの女子生徒のスカーフの是非といったポストコロニアル時代から現代へと至るフランス特有の社会問題を思想史の観点から解明し、その成果を論文、図書、口頭発表を通じて公表した。