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Special Issue 2017 Dialogue Between Civilizations Special Issue Issue 2017 2017 Dialogue between between civilizations Civilizations Special Issue 2017 Dialogue between Civilizations Civilization ( ) Special issue: Dialogue between Civilizations - linked with the International Symposium, “The 2nd Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan”, held in March 3-4, 2017 at Tokai University European Center in Vedbaek, Denmark; - edited by Institute of Civilization Research, Tokai University with the collaboration of Centre for Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University September 2017 Civilization () Special issue: Dialogue between Civilizations Table of Contents - Preface 1: On the Publication of a Special Issue of the International Symposium “Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan” 1-2 Kazushige Yamamoto - Preface 2: A Brief History of the Institute of Civilization Research and the 1st Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan 3-4 Nobukata Kutsuzawa - Editor’s note (Y. Hirano, S. Tanaka, L. Tateo, and J Valsiner) 5-7 - Eiditorial Board 7 - List of the Authors 8 I. Transaction across regions 1) Reception of Japanese lacquerware in Europe and its impact: The growth and end of Japanning Chiaki Genji 10-16 2) History of Brunei’s interactions with the outside world: Proposal for inbound tourism Nana Okayama 17-24 3) Viewing foreign countries, their peoples and cultures: What was the reason for Japonism in the West? Peter Pantzer 25-35 II. Beyond language boundaries 4) A study on language policies in the modernization of France: The policy of language unification and regional language and culture Mina Adachi 38-52 5) Civilization dialogue between Europe and Japan: Or the strange case of N. F. S. Grundtvig and Japan Hans Dorsch 53-62 6) The legitimacy of English domination and people’s attitudes toward English: An analysis based on a review of course feedback Yuki Takatori 63-77 III. Practical aspects of cultures and civilizations 7) The case of the vase: How to overcome traumatic life ruptures by mediating signs of civilization? Dominik Stefan Mihalits 80-88 8) Recovering a missing link for the future: The essential connection between civilization and psyché analyzed through the practice of pilgrimage Morten Bech Kristensen 89-107 9) The usefulness of mathematics in Renaissance art theory Tomoko Nakamura 108-116 10)Reflections on contemplative practices in education Denis Francesconi 117-125 IV. Individuality-Collectivity and society 11)The Body as the Intersection Between Individuality and Collectivity Shogo Tanaka 128-139 12)The body of knowledge: the allegorical personification in Positivism Luca Tateo 140-148 13)Against the dualism of individualism and collectivism and for the necessity of individuality and sociality Gordana Jovanović 149-161 V. Civilization and the humanity 14)For whom are the Humanities? : From a comparative perspective of the history of research on autobiographical writings in Europe and Japan Nana Miyata 164-180 15)An essay on Trans-Disciplinary Humanities: As a key element for Civilization dialogue Sei Watanabe and Yoichi Hirano 181-188 16)Where civilizations meet: Borders of pleromatic textures Jaan Valsiner 189-196 Preface 1: On the Publication of a Special Issue of the International Symposium “Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan” Kazushige Yamamoto (Executive Director, Tokai University Institute of Civilization Re search) Tokai University is a relatively new university which was founded in 1942 during the Second World War and marks the 75th anniversary of its establishment this year. The Institute of Civilization Research, which publishes this journal “Civilization,” was founded in 1959 as a place for fundamental research conducted to realize the philosophy of the creation of a harmonious civilized society that constitutes the founding philosophy of the university. The institute goes beyond the boundaries of faculties bringing together researchers and integrating overly compartmentalized academic disciplines and by doing so strives to establish a comprehensive study of civilizations which are a macrocosm of human beings and their activities. In an effort to explore the ideal state of civilizations, it is critical to have diverse perspectives and hence this institute has also promoted interaction among researchers from various regions. Since 2015, the institute has held an international symposium on the theme of “Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan” jointly with the Tokai University European Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. This issue was edited by the editorial department independently set up and is based on the 2nd symposium, “Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan”, held for two days at the European Center on March 3rd and 4th, 2017. We offer our profound gratitude to all the members involved in the editing. This symposium consists of the two parts of “Trans-Disciplinary Humanities” and “Cultural Psychology”. In the “Cultural Psychology” part, discussions were held on the theme of “Individuality/Collectivity and Culture” based on the keynote address of Professor Jaan Valsiner of the Center for Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University. Professor Valsiner visited the Shonan Campus of this institute in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture on July 23rd, 2016 along with Associate Professor Luca Tateo and Research Associate Giuseppina Marsico of the same Center and has conducted lectures in the Cultural Psychology workshop. In the future too, there are plans to further strengthen partnership and cooperation with this Center. In the “Trans-Disciplinary Humanities” part, discussions were held on the theme of “Diachrony and Synchrony of Civilization Research” after the keynote address by Professor Peter Pantzer from the University of Bonn, which is renowned for its research on Japan. Professor Pantzer had also conducted lectures in the 1st Symposium and we offer our profound gratitude for his contribution to this symposium as well. The previous international symposium was held on November 13th and 14th, 2015 at the 1 Tokai University European Center as is this time, but on the night of the 13th there was a large- scale terrorist attack in Paris by terrorists and this led to discussions among the participants on the relationship between contemporary civilization and terrorism. Even after the 1st Symposium, there have been frequent terrorist attacks that have occurred in various parts of the world, and recently a great number of people became victims of a suicide attack in the Manchester Arena in Britain. Amid such circumstances, we see a strengthening of movements to boycott immigrants and of the tendency of the one’s-own-country-first principle as also movements such as the secession of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU) or the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement to prevent global warming. Behind these events is a sense of crisis regarding the collapse of existing cultures, customs, lifestyles, and one’s own identity due to changes caused by globalization. However, international efforts are indispensable to prevent global warming, for example, and a deep understanding of the circumstances in which all are placed is essential for problem solving. We hope that the aspirations of this symposium, which aims for progress in mutual understanding based on dialogue among different civilizations, will be of some help in fostering such mutual understanding. 2 Preface 2: A Brief History of the Institute of Civilization Research and the 1st Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan Nobukata Kutsuzawa, (Former Director, Tokai University Institute of Civilization Research / Department of History, School of Letters, Tokai University) The International Symposium titled “The 1st Civilization Dialogue between Europe and Japan” was held at the Tokai University European Center for two days from November 13th to 14th, 2015, when I was Director at the Institute of Civilization Research. Conducting such an international symposium at the Tokai University European Center is considered a significant achievement. This is not only because Japanese researchers presented their research results in Europe but also because researchers from Europe including Germany, Austria, Denmark, and Italy participated and presented their research, leading to discussions with mutually relevant content. The Institute of Civilization Research was inaugurated in 1959 and the first Director was Toshiaki Harada. A year earlier, at the fresh start of the Department of History, School of Letters, Tokai University, the founder, Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae aimed to create an undergraduate program named “Civilization” as an integrated Faculty of Humanities that did not exist in other universities. However, as it was not accepted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) at that time, the Institute of Civilization Research was founded to realize the concept of a department of civilization in a separate form. Since then, this institute has continued to play a vital role as an educational research institution implementing the “Modern Civilization” course, an important course in Tokai University, and supporting liberal arts education with “Modern Civilization” constituting its core. I have been a member of the Institute of Civilization Research since 1985, and have also been involved in the implementation of the “Modern Civilization” course. Among the research projects established at the institute, I conducted research in “Study on the Introduction of Western Civilization during the Period between the End of Edo Era
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