Historical and cultural Researches on the Habitus

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K00442
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02040:European literature-related
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Koda Yoshiki 慶應義塾大学, 文学部(三田), 教授 (20286917)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ハビトゥス / Habitus / ブルデュー / Bourdieu / 習慣 / マイスター・エックハルト / Meister Eckhart / Sexual revolution

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine from a diachronic perspective how the concept of HABITUS, one of the most important keywords in modern thought, has developed historically, while at the same time clarifying from a synchronic perspective what kind of social phenomenon it has manifested as in specific periods. This revealed that habitus has played the role of "a social thought responding to the demands of a changing era," from the formation of the polis in ancient Greece, through the scientific revolution and university education reform in 13th and 14th century Europe, through the formation of civil society in 19th century Germany, and on to modern society.

Free Research Field

German Studies

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ハビトゥスが古代ギリシアから中世、近世を経て現代にいたるまで長い射程をもつ思想であることが再検証された。とりわけ19世紀の市民社会形成期の性モラルの変転をハビトゥス論の視点から解明できた功績は大きい。それに加え、現代におけるこの思想の代表者ピエール・ブルデューの最初期のハビトゥス論を日本で初めて紹介することで、本邦におけるハビトゥス研究に貢献できた。