Wonderland of Sociology (Global Focus on Knowledge)
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Approaches of Sociology
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#1 Introduction to Sociology
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#2 Dark Corners of the Mind and Societal Transformation ― Inferences from Macro Statistics
Emile Durkheim, one of the founders of sociology, uncovered social truths from statistics about suicide. Dr. Sato will show some modern versions of the same approach. People often talk about the “breakdown of sociality” and the “weakening of human relations.” But do the actual statistics bear these assertions out?
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#3 People Watching Cherry Trees; Cherry Trees Watching People ― God Dwells in the Details
The scenes of cherry blossoms color spring in Japan. However, that sentiment seems to have emerged only 100 years ago. Dr. Sato examines the layers of society and culture that envelop us while personally looking back at the process for becoming proficient in one area of research. They may be only cherry blossoms but cherry blossoms they still are.
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#4 The Mystery of Language ― Embodiment, Sociality, Extensity, Historicity
Dr. Sato will first examine how the nature of language we use everyday is connected to our perceptions of what society is. Humans have developed their own “voice,” which is an embodied presence, to produce a culture that is different in nature from that of animals and that created the possibility for the phenomenon called “society.”
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#5 ’Monsters’ Another Target of Sociology ― The Birth of Kudan
Apparitions, ghosts, and monsters are deeply connected to the historic characteristics of a particular society. Dr. Sato will empirically analyze from various research materials the social mechanism at work when a ghoulish apparition of a society’s imagination predicts the end of war or the prevalence of a plague.
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#6 Discussion
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Ways of Seeing the World from the Sites of Sociology
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#7 From the Sites of Architectural Conflicts
Conflicts have broken out throughout Japan over the construction of “mansion” apartments. Using case studies, Dr. Shimizu will elucidate some problems of modern cities. He will then show the sociological significance of research on residents’ campaigns trying to protect and maintain their daily life environments.
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#8 Comparison of Mechanisms for Deciding Common Sense ― Focus on Contemporary China
Although “disparities” exist among people, many of these differences are commonsensically regarded as “natural.” Comparing China with Japan, Dr. Sonoda will examine the mechanisms that move people to regard these disparities as commonsensical and justified.
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#9 Textual Anxiety in the Detective Novel ― The Criminal in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, one of Agatha Christie’s best-known works, was criticized when it first came out as not being a detective novel because the mystery element in it was different from what had been seen in the usual detective novel up to that point. From the perspective of the structure of, and reader “anxiety” produced by, the “detective novel,” which was born during the age of mass ur…
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#11 The System of the School
What is a school? What kind of conditions is education based on, and what does education produce? The common sense and values that we have unquestioningly regarded as a “matter of course” have unwittingly permeated the school system and operation of education that we experience everyday. Dr. Kariya will consider how the field of sociology can probe and ask penetrating questions about this “order,…
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#12 Questioning Lifestyles and Society from the Perspective of Health
Health and illness keenly affect a person’s lifestyle and society as well as being strongly affected by them. People who live with an illness also have their own health. From the perspective of health sociology, Prof. Yamazaki will scientifically explore lifestyles and work styles and the relationship between society and the workplace on the one hand and health care.
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