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The Historical Reseach of Social/Consumer Sphere in the Eighteenth-Century England

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02315
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionSeijo University

Principal Investigator

Yoshida Naoki  成城大学, 文芸学部, 教授 (90261396)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords公共圏 / 英文学 / 経済学 / 消費 / 社交 / 18世紀 / イギリス / 社交空間 / 消費空間 / 女性 / 経済 / 文学 / 道徳哲学 / 感情 / 商業 / メソディズム / 快楽 / 啓蒙主義
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this historical research, I have examined how the popular culture of the eighteenth-century England has influenced the bourgeois public sphere which Jurgen Habermas thinks is an ideal community. Along with the process of proliferation of so-called low culture in many realms such as stages, magazines, books, paintings, and performances, the public could get access to a wide variety of literary products of popular culture. From this research, we can find that the commodification of culture and the rise of consumer society could make it possible for the literature and economics to establish itself as a distinct genre. I have also clarified how the issues of gender and sexuality come to be more significant because of the complexity of the contemporary religious and scientific debate of nature.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

18世紀啓蒙主義は、古くて新しい研究テーマである。カントの「啓蒙とは何か」という問いかけに対する最新の解答が、クリフォード・シスキンらによる18世紀啓蒙主義に関する最近の代表的研究This is Enlightenment(2010)に収められているが、この思想の現代的意義を経済/科学/宗教の相互関係の観点から論じた研究はこれが初めてであり、ジェンダー、セクシュアリティの問題を含む発展的テーマを多く提示しうる点で独創的である。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report

Research Products

(4 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article Presentation

  • [Journal Article] Female Gaze and Male Sensibility in A Sentimental Journey2018

    • Author(s)
      NAOKI YOSHIDA
    • Journal Title

      18世紀イギリス文学研究

      Volume: 6 Pages: 70-92

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 熱狂する感受性2017

    • Author(s)
      吉田直希
    • Journal Title

      東北ロマン主義研究

      Volume: 4 Pages: 49-63

    • NAID

      40021774835

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 感じるジャコバイトー近代資本主義の小説的特質2018

    • Author(s)
      吉田直希
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会東北支部 第73回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 熱狂する主体の多層性ー小説的feeling-bodyへのアプローチ2016

    • Author(s)
      吉田直希
    • Organizer
      東北ロマン主義研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学文学部 川内キャンパス (宮城県仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-16
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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