Seikanron from the interpretation of cultural anthropology : Focussing on social and cultural context

セイカンロン ノ ブンカ ジンルイガクテキ カイシャク シャカイ ブンカテキ ハイケイ オ チュウシンニシテ

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

異文化

他者

天皇制の両義性

モデルとコピー

Seikanron

other culture

the other

ambivalence of the Emperor system of Japan

model and copy

When you think about the historical event like "Seiksnron" it should be important to understand social and cultural context around that in those days. Because this event reflects the very change into Japanese modern society, and there is "different culture = the other" as Korea. However, former theories have been referred to"opposition of social ideology" and "theory about rule by colonization"; therefore the issue, which is mentioned from the angle of culture between Japan and Korea as "different culture = the other" (cultural communication), has been excluded. The social and cultural context will be considered here to think of Seikanron ascultural issue. That means ambivalence towards the Emperor system of Japan and social change at that time. After the Meiji Restoration Japan had been establishing the modern society contacting with Western modernization. In that process the opposition, complications,tension, division and various kinds of contradiction in social, and cultural field were showed up. Those were like "exclusion of foreigners and the opening of a country", "loss and creation of personality", "resistance and intention to the change". The Emperor system of Japan also had the contradiction like that. they had inherited tradition, but on the other hand they were proper models of modernization. After all they become a symbol of ambivalent culture. In spite of having the contradiction, "crossbreed" in a sense, the national model became a "purity". And people on the side of copying the model just wanted the "purity".Therefore one "purity" and the other "purity" appeared and they became to oppose to one another. Seikanron is the symbol of opposition like that.

英語