著者

唐澤 太輔

出版者

東洋大学国際哲学研究センター(「エコ・フィロソフィ」学際研究イニシアティブ)事務局

雑誌

「エコ・フィロソフィ」研究 = Eco-Philosophy (ISSN:18846904)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, pp.25-38, 2018-03

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In this article, surrounding the word “Yariate” coined by Kumagusu Minakata (1867–1941, a naturalist, folklorist, myxomycete researcher) and the concept “Bricolage” advocated by Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009, a cultural anthropologist), I compare and discuss the key concepts of their respective thought. Through this process, I reveal that what are essential in Minakata’s “Yariate” are highly intuitive wisdom beyond analytical and objective knowledge, as well as tact, namely the ability to connect things belonging to different semantic fields each other.“Yariate" is an intellectual Bricolage. It is extremely savage, nevertheless, is as beautiful as a “myth.” Under extremely limited circumstances where there were few books and seldom information arrived from outside world, Minakata’s Bricolage was performed to its full potential. In this article, quoting Minakata’s discourses, I discuss the process he performed tact andconducted “Yariate” in Nachi-san Mountain with his books “in hand” and the knowledge he had accumulated so far.