2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The French Enlightenment and the idea of the savage in the eighteenth century
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22720032
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
History of thought
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| Research Institution | Shizuoka University (2011-2012)
Miyagi University of Education (2010) |
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Principal Investigator |
IYANAGI Miki 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (50420055)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 政治思想史 / 社会思想史 / 近代フランス啓蒙思想 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study is to explore how the French Enlightenment thinkers describe non-Western, “uncivilized” people, and how they understand human nature and diversity, by surveying their philosophical and political arguments about the relationship between the civilized man and the savage in the late eighteenth century.
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Research Products
(8 results)
