What are contemporary thinkers, historians, and social scientists able or not able to say about the nature and history of society? In this project, we examine methods of social sciences from the standpoint of "historical and contemporary ideas." Now that we are over 20 years into the 21st century, it is clear that our "way of looking" at and our "way of thinking" about society have changed dramatically from before. One example of such change is the fact that, in contrast to the traditional history of ideas approach of analyzing various thinking on society by interpreting texts and societal context, much attention is now being paid to analytical philosophy, which sets its sights on the analysis of concepts and logical consistency. What will be the relationship between these two approaches and how will each approach develop in the future?
We would like to create a platform where contemporary researchers and thinkers, including historians and area studies scholars, with diverse "ways of looking" and "ways of thinking" can discuss how contemporary society is changing and how we can study such evolving societies.
Members Sosuke AMITANI [Faculty of Law, Dokkyo University] Tomohito BAJI [Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo] Susumu CATO [Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo] Akira INOUE [Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo] Hajime INUZUKA [Faculty of Law, Hosei University] Masaya MIYAMOTO [Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo] Shinji NOHARA [Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo] Ken OSHITANI [Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University] Aerim RYU [Faculty of Law, Kyushu University] Shinichi TABATA [Faculty of Education Asahikawa Campus, Hokkaido University of Education] Norikazu TAKAMI [Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo] Shigeki UNO [Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo]*Leader
Activities
- April 23, 2024Other Events
- 16th meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas)
- March 18, 2024Workshops
- Workshop 28：Philosophy and Social Sciences
- March 4, 2024Workshops
- Workshop 27：Lives, Livelihoods, and Learning: A Global Perspective on the Wellbeing Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic
- March 1, 2024Monographs
- 『政治哲学者は何を考えているのか？』
- February 6, 2024Workshops
- Workshop 26：Applied Ethics Workshop
- December 19, 2023Workshops
- Workshop 24：On Gunnar Myrdal's methodology of "explicit value premises"
- September 26, 2023Other Events
- 11th meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas) Speaker : Ken OSHITANI [University of Tokyo]
- February 20, 2023Other Events
- 10th meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas) Speakers : Sonoe OMODA [Meiji University], Ken OSHITANI [Waseda University]
- January 26, 2023Other Events
- 9th meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas)
- December 16, 2022Other Events
- 8th meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas) Speakers：Susumu MORIMURA [Hitotsubashi University], Iwao HIROSE [McGill University]
- November 24, 2022Other Events
- 7th meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas) Speakers：Saki SEKIGUCHI [Waseda University], Aerim RYU [UTokyo]
- November 12, 2022Other Events
- Global Studies Seminar, UTokyo IAGS
- October 25, 2022Other Events
- 6th meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas) Speakers：In-Sung JANG [Seoul National University]
- October 18, 2022Workshops
- Workshop 13：What is Liberalism?
- June 30, 2022Other Events
- 4th meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas) Speakers：Tetsuki TAMURA [Nagoya University], Shinichi TABATA [Hokkaido University of Education]
- June 11, 2022Other Events
- The University of Tokyo IAGS Global Studies Symposium
- March 2, 2022Other Events
- 2nd meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas)
- January 26, 2022Other Events
- 1st meeting (Historical and Contemporary Ideas) Speaker：Roberto FUMAGALLI [King's College London]
- December 21, 2021Workshops
- Workshop 8：History of Political Thought and Political Philosophy: Current Status