著者

愛甲 雄一 愛甲 雄一 AIKO Yuichi アイコウ ユウイチ Aiko Yuichi

出版者

山梨県立大学

雑誌

山梨国際研究 山梨県立大学国際政策学部紀要 = Yamanashi glocal studies : bulletin of Faculty of Glocal Policy Management and Communications (ISSN:21874336)

巻号頁・発行日

no.12, pp.1-14, 2017

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The issue of anti-intellectualism has been widely discussed in Japan for the last few years, but only a cursory glance has been given to Richard Hofstadter in this debate. This relative neglect is regrettable not just because this American historian is the author of Anti-Intellectualism in American Life(1963)but also because his intellectual life itself was a struggle against what he called anti-intellectualism in America. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap; it also aims to induce Japanese intellectuals to discuss further about their own roles in the future of the Japanese society. This paper focuses on Hofstadter's scholarly life in mid-twentieth century America. His intellectual career had been guided by his strong sense of duty as an intellectual, which he acquired when he was still a junior scholar. In Hofstadter's belief the duty of intellectuals lies in resisting any social, political, and cultural forcethat coerces conformism, and also in defending the plurality of society. Anti-Intellectualism is surely his most important contribution in this regard, but this sense of mission also underlies in his other works.

著者

愛甲 雄一 愛甲 雄一 AIKO Yuichi アイコウ ユウイチ Aiko Yuichi

出版者

山梨県立大学

雑誌

山梨国際研究 山梨県立大学国際政策学部紀要 = Yamanashi glocal studies : bulletin of Faculty of Glocal Policy Management and Communications (ISSN:21874336)

巻号頁・発行日

no.12, pp.1-14, 2017

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The issue of anti-intellectualism has been widely discussed in Japan for the last few years, but only a cursory glance has been given to Richard Hofstadter in this debate. This relative neglect is regrettable not just because this American historian is the author of Anti-Intellectualism in American Life(1963)but also because his intellectual life itself was a struggle against what he called anti-intellectualism in America. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap; it also aims to induce Japanese intellectuals to discuss further about their own roles in the future of the Japanese society. This paper focuses on Hofstadter's scholarly life in mid-twentieth century America. His intellectual career had been guided by his strong sense of duty as an intellectual, which he acquired when he was still a junior scholar. In Hofstadter's belief the duty of intellectuals lies in resisting any social, political, and cultural forcethat coerces conformism, and also in defending the plurality of society. Anti-Intellectualism is surely his most important contribution in this regard, but this sense of mission also underlies in his other works.