Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2017/04 -2021/03
Author : Kumano Sumihiko
We investigated Japanese traditional thoughts and Western thoughts, which had played important roles in the formation of modern Japanese community theory as represented by the ethics of Watsuji Tetsuro. And from various perspectives, we clarified how Watsuji's thoughts were formed by inheriting and accepting, interlacing those Japanese and Western thoughts. In addition, we examined Watsuji's religious qualities, which had not been emphasized so much in previous studies, and we investigated how the qualities influenced his thoughts. Through these works, we reconsidered and elucidated the premise of modern Japanese community theory and laid the foundation for new discussions about it.