| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research is to critically reconstruct principles, practice sand language for the education of global citizenship, while reconstructing the paradigm of the philosophy of education. To accomplish this, this research focuses on Dewey's and Cavell's ideas of "democracy as a way of life" and "philosophy as the education of the grownups," and explores their implications for citizenship education through the perspective of "citizenship without inclusion." Professor Paul Standish is an overseas research collaborator, and he was invited to Kyoto University in 2005 and 2006.
In 2005, a single authored book, The Gleam of Light : Moral Perfectionism and Education in Dewey and Emerson, was published in English. The Japanese translation of Cavell's The Senses of Walden was also published with the help of Professor Standish. It is the first Japanese translation of Cavell's work. In June 2006, I presented a paper on the research topic at the East-West Philosopher's Conference (which
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was held at the University of Hawaii.) In July, I gave a seminar on the research topic in English at the Summer Seminar for the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (at University of Oregon). In October, an international colloquium, "Stanley Cavell and the Education of the Grownups" was held and the plan was discussed for the edited collection on Cavell and education. In 2006, in May, I was invited to give a talk on the American philosophies of Emerson, Thoreau and Cavell at the University of Oregon. In June, I was invited to give a talk on Emerson and Cavell on friendship and education. In August, I presented a paper on Cavell and the philosophy of translation at the biennial meeting of the International Network for the Philosophers of Education (which was held in Malta.) In October, I organized an international conference "Cavell Colloquium" with Professor Standish at Harvard University. Professor Stanley Cavell himself also participated and presented papers. The papers presented in the colloquium will be published in two edited collections (edited by Saito and Standish) from American publishers. In March 2007, I was awarded with the Illa and John Mellow Prize as the best paper at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. Throughout 2005 and 2006, the Japanese translation of Standish's book, Beyond the Self : Wittgenstein and the limits of language, was facilitated, and it is going to be published from Hosei University Press next year. A project for a co-edited book (with Professor Standish), Democracy and Education from Dewey to Cavell has also been promoted. Less
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