A study on the dynamics of order formation in Chinese society

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26360005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: YASUTOMI Ayumi 東京大学, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (20239768)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 深尾 葉子 大阪大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (20193815) ; 高見澤 磨 東京大学, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (70212016)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OKI Yasushi 東京大学, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (70185213)
• Research Collaborator: KAWASE Yoshitaka 首都大学東京, 社会人類学研究室
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 中国 / 秩序 / 野次馬 / ワラワラ現象

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We studied the dynamics of the formation of social order in Chinese society in order to overcome the limit of the way of thinking of "communis", namely to have something common in order to make order. Whenever anything happens, the scene is soon filled with a crowd of curious onlookers in China. We found this phenomenon has strong effect to revive social order. Now we can see similar phenomena in internet. We expect this dynamic could be common in all human societies.

Free Research Field

社会生態学