著者

井上 義和

出版者

学術雑誌目次速報データベース由来

雑誌

ソシオロジ (ISSN:05841380)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.45, no.3, pp.85-101,149, 2001

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Until now, the history of young intellectuals in Modem Japan have been described focusing Literary-minded Youth (" Bungaku-seinen"). This paper proposes to reexamines that (folk-) theory, in finding out a "new" type of youth, Eloquent-minded ("Yuben-seinen"), and considering a reason for it being "forgotten", in the way of historical sociology mainly using recollections and other objective indexes.<br> (1) In Meiji 40's (about 1907-16), Elocution was very much in fashion centering around the speech clubs ("Benron-bu") at school of higher education. So, (2) Young intellectuals at that time could select their own types between Literary-minded and Eloquent-minded.<br> But, (3) Postwar-intellectuals (born during 1905-15)have reconstructed the history of their predecessors' as "from Literary-minded to Social-minded", in other words, failed to notice the Eloquent-minded type. On the other hand, (4) Youth in Meiji 40's (born during 1890's) have had no representative to narrate their experiences as the history of young intellectuals.<br> (5) There is a generation gap in the remembrance of elocution, between Postwar intellectuals and Youth in Meiji 40's. As a result, Eloquent-minded type has been out of position in the theory of the intellectuals in Modern Japan.