Morikawa, Takemitsu
Faculty of Letters Sociology Professor
Graduate School of Human Relations Sociology Professor
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Research Overview
My research interests have recently grown toward the following topics: 1) Studies on a post-poietic paradigm: Since Plato and Aristotle, three tenets of western philosophy have been the understanding of human action as production (poiesis), of beings as products, and of time (past, present, future) as a continuum without a qualitative break. Sociological thinking is not free of this epistemological tradition, and almost all sociological theories of action regard the meaning of human action as being parallel to the meaning of products. The post-poietic paradigm attempts to relativize this epistemological tradition and open a new horizon of sociological thinking; 2) Sociology of forgiveness and reconciliation; 3) Democracy and authoritarian regimes in the world society.
Specialty
Sociological Theories, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Historical Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology of Law, Political Sociology, and World Society Studies