著者

宮嶋 俊一 Miyajima Shunichi

出版者

神奈川大学経営学部

雑誌

神奈川大学国際経営論集 = Kanagawa University international management review (ISSN:09157611)

巻号頁・発行日

no.46, pp.69-80, 2013-10

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「水俣」病という名称は一方で水俣という土地に疾患のイメージを付与する「レッテル」となっているが、他方でその地で起こった出来事の本質を捉える役割を果たしてもいる。「水俣」病とは、水俣で病気が発生したというだけでなく、水俣の自然環境すべてが「罹患」したことを表している。そして、水俣病は食という営みを通じて人間が自然環境の一部となっていることを明確に示した。ゆえに、自然環境保護とは人間を守ることであり、また人間を守ることが自然環境保護にも通じることが明らかとなる。ここで言われる自然環境とは、主体としての人間が利用すべき客体としての自然ではない。「水俣病事件」を見つめ直すことによってそのことが見えてくる。そして、それは福島第一原子力発電所爆発事故後の放射能汚染問題について考えていくためのヒントを与えてくれる。放射能汚染問題について、水俣病事件のように健康被害をはっきりと示すことは難しいが、そこで懸念されていることは、人間がその一部であるところの自然環境汚染・破壊とそれによって影響を受ける人間のいのちなのである。研究論文

著者

Miyajima Shunichi

出版者

北海道大学文学研究科

雑誌

Journal of the graduate school of letters (ISSN:18808832)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, pp.1-10, 2018-03

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In recent years, the word “spirituality” is frequently used in a wide range of research areas, such as religion, medical care, nursing, nursing care, clinical psychology, bioethics, education, and business activities. Not only within academic research areas but also within non-academic areas, such as the arena of mass media and medical care practice, nursing and the nursing care practice, this word is being frequently used. Definitions of this term vary as per the userʼs perspective but there are many cases where this word is used to refer to the appearances which were thought of as religion, religiosity, and something being religious or similar. In this paper, I have considered the background of the use of the term “spirituality” in religious research and medical areas, respectively. What is common to both is that the current state of the term “spirituality” is being used to talk about “religious” matters while maintain a distance from the conventional “religion” as an institution. Here we discuss the continuity and discontinuity of “religion” and “spirituality.” If one is conscious of the connection between “religion” and “spirituality,” there should be something that should be derived from the “religion” research to further research on “spirituality” as a concept and as a word. In order to use it as a concept, it is necessary to further examine and train it. The ambiguity of the term “spirituality” has proved useful, and it is also possible to include a wide range of phenomena in the term “spirituality” that could not be included in the concept of “religion”. It is possible to expect further research in this area but at present there are many problems due to ambiguity. Discussions about “spirituality” are expected to gain prominence and in turn, increase the usefulness of this word.