2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Neoliberalism and the Limits of Knowledge: A Research on the Phenomenological Roots of Friedrich Hayek's Epistemology and Social Thought
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21K00099
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
ERBER PEDRO 早稲田大学, 国際学術院, 教授 (40866208)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | neoliberalism / phenomenology / Edmund Husserl / Friedrich Hayek / contemporary art |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
With the extended restrictions on foreign travel during the 2021 fiscal year due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the archival part of my research had to be postponed. Under such circumstances, I dedicated this first year of my research project principally to bibliographical research on published works both on the phenomenological tradition and on neoliberal thought.
Together with Octavian Esanu (American University in Beirut), I edited a roundtable discussion entitled Art under Neoliberalism, which was published in the anniversary issue of the journal ARTMargins (MIT Press). For this roundtable we invited some of the most prominent scholars working on the intersection of economic theory and the humanities today, such as Arjun Appadurai, Martijn Konings, and Lee Claire LaBerge, among others (https://direct.mit.edu/artm/article-abstract/10/3/126/109487/Art-under-Neoliberalism?redirectedFrom=fulltext). This publication has gotten significant feedback from readers and is destined to become an important document of the scholarship on neoliberalism and its impacts in the broader cultural realm.
In addition, having been invited to participate in a symposium dedicated to the work of Butoh dancer Ko Muroboshi, I presented a paper entitled The Economy at Midnight, which highlights another aspect of the relationship between economic theory and artistic expression.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Restrictions of International travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Conduct archival research at the Husserl Archives in Leuven and the Hayek papers at the Hoover Institute as soon as travel is possible. Continue bibliographical research on the connections between Husserl and the neoliberal economic tradition. Present the preliminary results of my research at international conferences and workshops.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Restrictions on international travel due to COVID-19 pandemic. Will resume archival research as soon as conditions allow.
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| Remarks |
Roundtable discussion "Art under Neoliberalism", published in ARTMargins (MIT Press) https://direct.mit.edu/artm/article-abstract/10/3/126/109487/Art-under-Neoliberalism?redirectedFrom=fulltext).
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