2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
the development of the concepts of individualization, privatization and psychologization---toward to the reconstruction of the concept of society
Project/Area Number |
23530617
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Sociology
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Research Institution | Chiba University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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Keywords | 個人化 / 私化 / 心理化 / 自己論 / 現代社会論 / 社会的なもの / 心的なもの |
Research Abstract |
The title of this research is "the development of the concepts of individualization, privatization and psychologization---toward to the reconstruction of the concept of society". We attached importance to the necessity of considering those concepts comprehensively in particular to understand contemporary not only Japanese society but also western countries. We had enough results in the comprehensive understanding of concepts of individualization, privatization and psychologization and analyzing contemporary society through it. And this research also had rich results in international studies with research groups of prof. A. Elliott:the director of the Hawke Research Institute at the University of South Australia through publishing a book and paper. Main results can be found in analyzing Japanese contemporary society applying his concept of the new individualism and they were published. And also we had opened our results of mutual studies by holding international conference.
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