Teaching staffTeaching staffNaritoshi UENO, ProfessorSubjects: Modern Political ThoughtResearch fields: History of political and social thought. I analyze such key concepts as “violence,” “liberty” and “public sphere” in the form of social philosophy, focusing on the history of thought concerning the philosophers of the Frankfurt School including Horkheimer and Adorno. [I have published “Frontier of the Thought – Violence” (Iwanami Shoten).]Yuji SHIKANO, Assistant ProfessorSubjects: Modern Social ThoughtResearch fields: Philosophy, psychoanalytic theory and social thought. I explore the modern social thought and culture,based on the studies on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. His books include “Gilles Deleuze’s The Logic of Sense: event, amor fati and permanent revolution” (Iwanami Shoten) and “Gilles Deleuze and Theories of revolution” (Ibunsha).Kaoru AOYAMA, ProfessorSubjects: Gender and SocietyResearch fields: Sociology, migration, gender and sexuality. I am also interested in issues such as globalization, multiculturalism, social exclusion and inclusion, the right to intimacy and representation. She is pursuing a combination of theoretical and empirical research methodologies to look into phenomena that cause changes across public and private lives such as immigration, care / sex workers, same-sex marriage, and gender identity “disorder.”Hiroki OGASAWARA, ProfessorSubjects: Media and Cultural StudiesResearch fields: I am studying sociology and cultural studies. I am critically examining the relationship between multicultural capitalism and racism especially in the fields of media and sport from empirical, theoretical and historical perspectives.Haruko KUDO, Associate ProfessorSubjects: Norms and CulturesComing from transnational sociology, my research focuses on the relationship between international migration and gender and sexuality, particularly the norms of sexuality in refugee and forced migration. Having worked in the humanitarian field, I am also interested in the issue of violence within humanitarian assistance/activities and the power relations between humanitarian workers and beneficiaries.Yuriko TANAKA, Professor Subjects: Philosophy and History of Modern ScienceResearch fields: Epistemology (philosophy of human scientific knowledge), 19th & 20th centuries’ history of atomic physics and biomedicine. [I have published “History of the Body, Suffering and Living” (Seidosha).]Tetz HAKODA, Associate ProfessorSubjects: Modern Social ThoughtResearch fields: History of social thought, contemporary critical thought and political ecology. I read modern social philosophy in the context of current developments in critical thought and contemporary issues such as the climate crisis, extractivism and logistics. [I have published "Michel Foucault and the Concept of Government: An Introduction" (Kodansha) .Tetsu SAKURAI, ProfessorSubjects: Contemporary JurisprudenceResearch fields: My speciality is legal philosophy; I am particularly engaged in “global justice,” i.e., how we should understand the meaning of national borders when we address global issues such as absolute deprivation, economic disparities, human rights violations and environmental pollution. I am now working on conflicts between universal human rights and national sovereignty that contemporary large-scale immigration raises.Akihiko NISHIZAWA, ProfessorSubjects: Contemporary Social TheoryResearch fields: I am studying sociology and urban studies. I have been dealing with contemporary social problems, focusing on the life-world and the identity of the urban poor confronted with social exclusion. [My recent books include The Sphere of Poverty: Who is excluded?, Kawadeshobo Shinsha, etc.]Modernity StudiesThe basic framework of our contemporary society consists of three distinct realms: the techno-economic structure, the polity, and the culture. The ruling principles of these three realms, such as functionary rationality, the idea of equality, and the expression & realization of “self,” originated in Western Europe with the arrival of the modern period. Today, however, these principles are proved to be discordant and are being shaken to their roots along with the progress of globalization. This situation demands a re-examination of the meaning of “modernity” and an accurate reading of just where the world is (should be) heading in this ongoing upheaval. The Modernity Studies Group covers a wide range of disciplines from social thought, economic thought, political thought to epistemology and history of modern science. Through careful analysis of the prevailing principles of the three realms of the modern world, we aim to cultivate firmly grounded capabilities of cogitation that are required for tackling actual issues in our society.Contemporary Social IssuesThe interaction between humans, society and nature has significantly changed and is becoming increasingly complex in modern society. The objective of the "Contemporary Social Issues” course is gaining understanding of contemporary society through an interdisciplinary approach that bridges the humanities and social sciences in exploring leading issues in modern society. For example, we analyze the changes in thinking surrounding nation states, families and individuals from the perspective of gender theory to capture socially constructed human relations; envision an equitable solution to global challenges such as cultural friction, absolute poverty, human-rights violation, climate change and seek to understand human nature and society in a multicultural world faced with informatization of the consumer society facilitated by innovation in media technology. The “Contemporary Social Issues” course disentangles these conflicting problems theoretically and provides a means of tackling them realistically.
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