| Budget Amount *help |
¥14,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have examined the cultural/political implications of Manifest Destiny, a concept that became the driving force behind expansionist nationalism in mid-nineteenth-century America. Moreover, an in-depth analysis has clarified the ways in which the concept served as an affective narrative controlling its psychological impact in the fields of fiction, political discourse, and popular culture. As a result, our research has uncovered new clues for re-interpreting US expansionism in a global context. Our renewed understanding of the political unconscious of Victorian America has led us to a unique perspective in which we look at the earth as a globe, proving that our approaches will contribute to the analysis of contemporary global situations. In March 2018 we held a symposium where we finally redefined the concept of planetary symbiosis in the twenty-first century, and we are planning to publish a related collection of articles in March 2019.
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