Forum and intensive lectures at Nanjing University

" 'Overcoming modernity' and the structure of representation" /
TAKADA Yasunari (English literature, Representation and classical culture, University of Tokyo)

This class seeks to highlight the "structures of representation" of Japan's "modernity" while examining the discussions called " overcoming modernity (jap. kindai no chokoku)". First, the class presents an overview and the problems related to a report of a roundtable conference shortly after the outbreak of the Pacific War with the title “overcoming modernity” and a book with essays written by its participants. Moreover, by theoretically comparing the discussion in Japan "from within" and the criticism from "outside of" Japan, the class reveals "the structure of representation of Japan's ‘modernity’" and at the end touches upon the present-day significance of the debate on "overcoming modernity".

2) representational structure of the purity faction
    Analysis of Fusao Hayashi, “Kino no kokoro” (included in “Overcoming modernity”)

3) Philosophical considerations
    Tetsuro Watsuji, “Ningen no gaku toshite no rinrigaku”
    Karl Löwith, “Kyodo sonzai no genshogaku” (Iwanami bunko, 2008)

4) Aftermath of "overcoming modernity" and the presentwith emphasis on Yoshimi Takeuchi
     "Overcoming modernity" (included in “The overcoming of modernity”, Fuzambo)

5) Conclusion

References
＊Nakae Chomin, Sansuijin keirin mondo （Iwanami bunko）
＊Kawakami Tetsutaro et al., Kindai no chokoku （Fuzambo, 1979）
＊Kato Shuichi, Nihon bunka ni okeru jikan to kukan （Iwanami shoten, 2007）
＊Noguchi Takehiko, Sanninsho no hakken made （Chikuma shobo, 1994）
＊Nishida Kitaro, Zen no kenkyu （Iwanami bunko）
＊Kuki Shuzo, “Iki” no kozo （Kodansha gakujutsu bunko, 2003）
＊Watsuji Tetsuro, Ningen no gaku toshite no rinrigaku （Iwanami bunko）
＊Watsuji Tetsuro, Rinrigaku (Iwanami bunko, 2008）
＊Karl Löwith, Kyodo sonzai no genshogaku （Iwanami bunko, 2008）
＊Takeuchi Yoshimi, Nihon to ajia （Chikuma gakugei bunko, 2000）
＊Karatani Ikuto, Nihon kindai bungaku no kigen （Kodansha bungei bunko, 2003）