Sociology of Technology and Mediation

ギジュツ ト バイカイ ノ シャカイガク

モンベ, マサシ

Mombe, Masashi

オオサカ ダイガク ニンゲン カガクブ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

英語

機能

技術

媒介

メディア

Masakazu Nakai

function

technology

mediation

medium

The aim of this paper is to discuss the problem of technology and mediation in relation to the standpoint of the sociology of knowledge. Previously, Masakazu Nakai formulated the relation between mediums and forms of thinking in each cultural phase. In this paper, we will begin by considering Nakai’s perspective on the history of mediums and his theoretical background. In my opinion, this viewpoint is analogous to that of the sociology of knowledge in the sense that Nakai's perspective notes restrictions on knowledge. But, his perspective is not analogous to the sociology of knowledge in the sense that the former finds restrictions on knowledge in mediums, which is not only extrinsic to knowledge but also intrinsic to it. As theoretical background of Nakai, the first point to notice is film theory of Béla Balázs. The second point is the shift from the concept of entity to that of function. And the third point is the problem of technology which is regarded as development of the conception of function. For Nakai, technology is not conceived in the binary nature/human distinction, but in mediation which connect them. We will consider with Nakai's perspective on the history of mediums, and his conceptions of function and mediation, and his theory of technology, which forms his theoretical background.

英語