Establishing "Kyosei Studies" as an Emergent Paradigm : the problems of Kyosei and the need for a meta-theoretical perspective

ソウハツテキ　パラダイム　トシテ　ノ　キョウセイガク　ノ　カクリツ　ニ　ムケテ　キョウセイ　ノ　ショカダイ　ト　メタ　リロン　テキ　シザ　ノ　ヒツヨウセイ

カツラ, ユウスケ

Katsura, Yusuke

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ キョウセイガク ジャーナル ヘンシュウ イインカイ

共生思想

加害可能性

メタ理論

Kyosei Studies

Kyosei thoughts

Potential for harm

Meta-theory

This paper aims to clarify the challenges for the establishment of “Kyosei(symbiosis, conviviality, compassion)Studies” as an emergent paradigm. Today, the word "Kyosei " has come to be used in various contexts, such as policy, NPO, media, education, and academia. Since the 2000s, “Kyosei Studies” has been sought, and in the process, there has been criticism of its unconscious possibility of harm towards minorities. In response to such criticism, this article first reviews the Kyosei thoughts since the late 1970s. In this context, issues of the methodologies, the ideological conflict and the absence of a comprehensive framework to cope with them emerge as problems of “Kyosei Studies”. This suggests the need for a discussion of meta-theoretical perspectives.