Historical sociological analysis of the reconstruction process of "self-education of the leader" in modern Japan

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03897
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Kansai University
• Principal Investigator: Takeuchi Yo 関西大学, 東西学術研究所, 客員研究員 (70067677)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 井上 義和 帝京大学, 学修・研究支援センター, 准教授 (10324592) ; 牧野 智和 大妻女子大学, 人間関係学部, 講師 (00508244)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 教養 / 教養主義 / 治者 / 統治のテクノロジー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

How was "self-education of the leader" reconstructed in the process of modernization? To answer this question, we adopted the following two approaches.
(1) Analyzing Jiro Abe 's cultural theory while relating it to the social situation and elite culture of the same era. He is a representative of cultural intellectuals who inquired deeply through "self-education of the leader". (2) We examined "self-education of the leader" from the viewpoint of technology for governance. The former education emphasizes importance of reading classics, personality exchanges with masters, and community of comrades. On the other hand, the latter focuses on technologies and institutions that improve the performance of self, body and organization.

Free Research Field

教育社会学、歴史社会学