2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Sports Nationalism in Modern Japanese Society
| Project/Area Number |
21700636
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Sports science
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
KWON Hakjun 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 准教授 (20381650)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 社会学 / ナショナリズム / 国民統合 / スポーツ / 近現代日本 / 天皇制 / 身体 |
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| Research Abstract |
I have conducted a study on sports nationalism in modern Japanese society for three years, trying to figure out sports nationalism from the perspective of governance, discipline, antidiscrimination, elimination, and rebellion. This study shows that sports related events prior to the Second World War contributed to making people believe in the imperial system strongly, and that these events played an important role as a device to make people feel a sense of belonging to the nation. In addition it became clear that these events contributed to enhancing the base of both a symbolic and a popularist imperial regime, as well as aiming towards a new image of the imperial household which narrowed the gap between the emperor and the nation.
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Research Products
(10 results)
