2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Publicness beyond the Frontiers : Comparative Historical Studies of Europe and East Asia
| Project/Area Number |
14310180
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kyoto Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWAMURA Sadae Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70111911)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
WATANABE Shin'ichiro Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (10031618)
WATANABE Shinn Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (70202413)
OKAMOTO Takashi Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (70260742)
UEDA Jun'ichi Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90176587)
KAWAWAKE Keiko Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (20259419)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2005
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| Keywords | publicness / frontiers / diplomacy / empire / trade / intercourse / orders |
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| Research Abstract |
Our research project aims to study international orders on the basis of the worldwide history with the concept of "publicness beyond the frontiers." "Publicness" was a concept originally raised to research European nation-wide histories but we adopted it in international perspective. First of all, we classified various international orders into two types : the European type composed of relations between similar polities and the East Asian type composed of relations between different polities. Secondly, we made a comparative historical study of these two types with special reference to the intercourse and formation of orders between polities. Four years' research activities mainly result. in the 12 essays written by us. Watanabe Shin'ichiro and Ueda consider imperial authorities and foreign intercourses in pre-modern East Asia. Watanabe Shinn's and Ito Koji's essays focus on the early modern German empire and examine the European order in transition. Hashimoto Nobuya and Kawawake investigate features of the early Russian and British empires. Honda Takehiko's, Okamoto's, Kobayashi Hiroharu's and Kawamura's essays deal with several subjects of the imperialism and the internationalization in modern Europe and Asia. These essays succeeded in providing some important investigations on various international orders. However, they are case studies, which are restricted within specific facts and topics and which are insufficient to understand the concept of "frontiers" as a whole. This is the point on which we should reflect and continue to study.
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