Speakers：Saki SEKIGUCHI [Waseda University], Aerim RYU [UTokyo]

Chair/Discussant：Takuya FURUTA [Nagoya University]

Discussant：Tsuyoshi KAMIMURA [Japan Society for the Promotion of Science]

Date：November 24, 2022／15:00‐16:40 (JST)

Location：Zoom

Language：Japanese

Title：Reception and Succession of the Past in Political Thought

Target：Open to the public

Abstract：Historians of political thought who study Meiji Japan have employed 'reception' as one of the most fruitful and profitable approaches. How Fukuzawa Yukichi received political thoughts of Guizot and Buckle; how Nakae Chomin received Rousseau's --these questions have been raised in assorted ways, either explicitly or implicitly. However, the reception approach has a much wider applicability. In the Western world, Greek and Roman writers have been repeatedly read, used, approved, or denounced. A reception perspective, in other words, provides a beneficial method to discuss politico-intellectual history in general. In this workshop, taking a cue from past political texts both in Japan and the West as well as contemporary political theorists, two speakers, a discussant, and a chair will show how 'reception' constitutes an indispensable part of the history of political ideas.