著者

ルッデ マルコ Rudde Marco

出版者

金沢大学大学院人間社会環境研究科

雑誌

人間社会環境研究 = Human and socio-environmental studies (ISSN:18815545)

巻号頁・発行日

no.40, pp.63-81, 2020-09

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The following article deals with the concept of modernity in the humanities. The term "modernity" is commonly used but its associations can cause some difficulties in understanding historical processes. In this article, the activities of the pedagogue and bureaucrat Izawa Shuji and the Music Study Committee on the Introduction of Western Music in Meiji-Era Japan will be examined to illuminate these problems. The focus is placed on two aspects of the modernization narrative: first, the tendency to interpret processes and changes within a society from a generalized perspective, which often leads to overlooking conflicts or antagonisms within a society, and, second, the fact that modernization is generally understood as a process of rationalization, which is insufficient to explain certain processes.