Research on ontology "after post-structuralism" in 21st century France and its global reception.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870914
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics; History of thought
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: CHIBA Masaya 立命館大学, 先端総合学術研究科, 准教授 (70646372)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ポスト構造主義 / 思弁的実在論 / メイヤスー / ハーマン / ドゥルーズ / 無関係 / 変化 / 因果

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project analyzed Speculative Realism, a notable movement in ontology after post-structuralism, and introduced it to Japanese scholarship. This project focused on Quentin Meillassoux; comparing him to other Anglophone philosophers such as Graham Harman, the primary concern of speculative realism revealed itself to be the problem of “absolute non-relation.” At the same time, a re-reading of the work of Gilles Deleuze reinforced the importance of the “rupture” of relations within his work. My conclusions can be summarized thus: the theory of non-relation within Speculative Realism captures the “non-interpretive” nature of things; it is a philosophical point of view distinct from, and juxtaposed with, the humanities that have until now affirmed the possibility of multiple interpretations of things.

Free Research Field

哲学