2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
'Sciences of Character' in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Project/Area Number |
26580014
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
History of thought
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Research Institution | Waseda University (2016) Kyoto University (2014-2015) |
Principal Investigator |
Kawana Yuichiro 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, 准教授(任期付) (20595920)
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | 性格の科学 / 骨相学 / オウエン主義 / エソロジー |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, I aim to exhibit the intellectual context of early and mid-nineteenth-century Britain, in which several attempts to establish 'Sciences of Character' were appeared. I take up Phrenology, Owenism, and Ethology as the subject-matter for the research, and clarify (1) the theoretical aspects and significance of the Sciences of Character and (2) the intellectual and social relationships between them. Furthermore, I discuss the relationship between science and society, employing 'Sciences of Character' as an insightful example.
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Free Research Field |
思想史
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