著者

小室 正紀

出版者

The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought

雑誌

経済学史学会年報 (ISSN:04534786)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.43, no.43, pp.68-86, 2003 (Released:2010-08-05)

参考文献数

106

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This paper surveys mainly the monograph literature regarding Tokugawa economic thought. Considering what the scholars intend to find through their studies, the present article divides the field into four main groups:(i) A view based on the stage theory of development or the concept of European economic thought. In this category are included two kinds of works which attach much importance to the stage theory based on Western economic development. A group of scholars comment on the backwardness of Tokugawa economic thought as compared with the Western economic thought which was imported after the Meiji restoration. Another group tries to analyse Tokugawa economic thought in terms of such European concepts as mercantilism or physiocracy. Recently, the scholars of this category make use of their theories more flexibly than previously, as a tool to grasp the character of Tokugawa traditions.(ii) A view regarding Tokugawa period as the cradle of Japanese economic growth. The scholars of this category consider that the relatively smooth process of Japanese industrialization was prepared in Tokugawa period. These scholars therefore examine the development of knowledge and thought adequate to the burgeoning market economy of that period. Though they provide some valuable analytical insights into Tokugawa economic thought, some of them might describe the ideas of that period as a too modernised aspect.(iii) A view evaluating Confucian economic thought and a view influenced by the post-modern theories. Some scholars in this category think the modern economic society is reaching its limit and evaluate the harmony between economy and morality in Tokugawa Confucianism. Also represented in this category is work inspired by postmodern theory. This kind of study tries to understand the structure or network of miscellaneous discourses, excluding the modern prejudices. Surely this approach shows the world of the thoughts in a certain period realistically, but it should also consider how to regard the world of this period within the context of chronological history.(iv) An attempt to discover the traditions of economic thought by non-professional thinkers. The scholars of this category find much meaning among the economic thought produced by such non-professional thinkers as samurai-bureaucrats, village masters, intelligent merchants, and so on. These scholars evaluate such non-professional thoughts as having a character of their own, finding new materials concerning this kind of subject. However, most of these attempts have not yet been able to connect such thoughts with the whole body of Tokugawa economic thought.The major publications of each of these categories are critically introduced. The general conclusion is as follows. The divisions that have so characterized the field will be perpetuated in some form. But there is a sense that the very virulent and sterile phase of controversy is spent. Though marked by wide differences in approach and broad diversification of subjects, this field of study is maturing, and the described categories are going to stimulate constructively to one another.

著者

小室 正紀

出版者

経済学史学会

雑誌

経済学史研究 (ISSN:18803164)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.47, no.2, pp.152-153, 2005-12-24 (Released:2010-08-05)

著者

小室 正紀

出版者

経済学史学会

雑誌

経済学史学会年報 (ISSN:04534786)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.34, no.34, pp.168, 1996 (Released:2010-08-05)

著者

小室 正紀

出版者

経済学史学会

雑誌

経済学史学会年報 (ISSN:04534786)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.31, no.31, pp.157, 1993 (Released:2010-08-05)

著者

小室 正紀

出版者

日本経済思想史研究会 ; 2001-

雑誌

日本経済思想史研究 (ISSN:13461931)

巻号頁・発行日

no.14, pp.63-66, 2014-03

著者

小室 正紀

出版者

慶應義塾経済学会

雑誌

三田学会雑誌 (ISSN:00266760)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.108, no.2, pp.275-308, 2015-07

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故岡田泰男名誉教授追悼特集 : 経済学部における歴史研究 : 日本, アジア, そしてアメリカ井原西鶴は, 1680年代から90年代にかけて, 町人を題材とした作品を残しており, そこからは, 西鶴の経済思想が析出できる。しかし, 従来の研究は, その思想を必ずしも当時の経済と適正に結びつけて考察していない。本稿では西鶴の時代を, 市場経済と都市社会が展開をしはじめ, それが権力に妨げられることが比較的少なかった成長期と捉え, その中で西鶴が, 市場と都市の本質について, その光と影の両面を鋭く見つめていたことを明らかにする。Ihara Saikaku was one of the most famous novelists of the Edo Period. He wrote many popular storybooks concerning the lives of townspeople in 1680s and 90s, wherein we can discover his economic thoughts. However, previous studies have not clearly explained his economic thought because of the improper knowledge of economic history. This study considers the second half of the 17th century as a period of new economic growth, wherein the market economy and urban society were beginning to develop. Though Saikaku felt the life in this new society as rootless and somehow false and thought the life of agrarian people as real human, he advocated concerning the aggressive economic life of townspeople. This study clarifies Saikaku's such ambivalent thoughts regarding economic circumstances.

著者

小泉 仰 坂井 達朗 小室 正紀 米山 光儀 岩谷 十郎 平野 隆

出版者

慶應義塾福沢研究センター

雑誌

近代日本研究 (ISSN:09114181)

巻号頁・発行日

no.30, pp.1-34, 2013

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特集 : 慶應義塾福沢研究センター開設三十年#座談会センター草創期の頃没後百年事業とセンター創設二〇年を迎えたセンター : 専任教員体制の確立義塾一五〇年・生誕一七五年記念事業センターの「カルチャー」 : その総合性と自立性センターの果たす役割について : その"ウチ"と"ソト"ユニバーシティ・ミュージアムについてセンターの"これから"

著者

小泉 仰 坂井 達朗 小室 正紀 米山 光儀 岩谷 十郎 平野 隆

出版者

慶應義塾福沢研究センター

雑誌

近代日本研究 (ISSN:09114181)

巻号頁・発行日

no.30, pp.1-34, 2013

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特集 : 慶應義塾福沢研究センター開設三十年#座談会センター草創期の頃没後百年事業とセンター創設二〇年を迎えたセンター : 専任教員体制の確立義塾一五〇年・生誕一七五年記念事業センターの「カルチャー」 : その総合性と自立性センターの果たす役割について : その"ウチ"と"ソト"ユニバーシティ・ミュージアムについてセンターの"これから"