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2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Integrated study on aesthetics and art theory in modern Japan from an intercultural perspective

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 26370116
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Aesthetics and studies on art
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Kobayashi Nobuyuki  早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (30225528)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords美学 / 間文化性 / 西田哲学 / ポイエシス
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was an attempt to re-examine theories of cultural philosophy and aesthetics to date originating from artistic movements and schools of thought of contemporary Japan, while trying to determine how these theories fit in with concepts of ‘aesthetics’ in various other cultural spheres. In other words, this study examines the formation of modern Japanese ideologies in counterpoint to the historical context of modernization/Westernization in Asia, while shining a light on the possibilities buried in that line of inquiry. This study endeavors to explore a non-conventional approach, re-evaluating the artistic theories of Kitaro Nishida and others, including achievements that are at risk of being completely forgotten. Major individual research topics engaged with intensively by this paper include the subjects of poesis as a creative act, poetry composition and history, and the temporal nature of beautiful things.

Free Research Field

美学・文化哲学

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Published: 2018-03-22  

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