Papers - Oguma, Eiji

The Other “Post-1968”: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Resurgence of the Conservatives in Japan’s Long 1960s

Eiji Oguma

International Quarterly for Asian Studies  52 ( 3-4 ) 229 - 252 2021.11

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted,  ISSN  2566-686X

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Sociology of the Japanese, by the Japanese, for the Japanese: A short history of unintentional indigenization of sociology in Japan

Oguma E.

International Sociology (International Sociology)  36 ( 5 ) 684 - 696 2021.11

Research paper (scientific journal), Accepted,  ISSN  02685809

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The majority of Japanese social scientists have treated the idea of indigenization of social sciences as unrelated to them. However, sociology in Japan also has its own characteristics shaped by the structure of the Japanese society. Since long ago, Japanese sociologists have tried to analyze the unique characteristics of Japanese society and published numerous books on this subject for the Japanese public. Even their eagerness to introduce Western theories of sociology was an integral part of this effort to elucidate Japan’s ‘uniqueness’. The fact that Japan was not colonized and managed to develop an extensive domestic education/labor/language/publishing market played an important role in this predominantly domestic focus of Japanese sociology. The specific nature of the domestic public demand also contributed to this situation. Although it has been gradually changing since 2000s, this autarky resulted in a weak presence of Japanese sociology in the global academic community.

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The Structure and Development of the Japanese Public Sphere

Eiji Oguma

Japanese Sociological Review (Japan Sociological Society)  50 ( 4 ) 524 - 540 2000.03

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work

Discriminate but Equal: The Impact of French Racial Sociology on the Japanese Colonialism

小熊英二

Journal of Historical Studies  ( 662 ) 16 - 31 1994.09

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted,  ISSN  08369237

占領と受容：日本国憲法の制定過程とその性格

小熊英二

Jurist  ( 34 ) 128 - 137 2020.08

Research paper (scientific journal)

市民と武装：アメリカ合衆国における「武装権」試論

小熊英二

相関社会科学  ( 4 ) 12 - 34 1994.09

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

The Constructed 'Asia': The Strategy of Okakura Tenshin

Eiji Oguma

立命館大学言語文化研究 (立命館大学言語文化研究所)  8 ( 3 ) 23 - 34 1997.01

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

忘れられた民族問題：戦後日本の「革新ナショナリズム」

小熊英二

相関社会科学  ( 5 ) 30 - 48 1996.03

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

Postwar in the Post-Cold War: Postwar in the Heisei Era

Eiji Oguma

Reconsidering Postwar Japanese History: A Handbook, edited by SImon Avenell 345-362 2023年3月 (Amsterdam University Press)     345 - 362 2023.07

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日本における「民族的」アイデンティティ:「民族」概念の創出と伝播

小熊英二

移民・ディアスポラ研究 (明石書店)   ( 10 ) 197 - 218 2023.05

Research paper (scientific journal)

歴史社会学の方法論 : 社会科学に歴史は必要か

小熊英二

桑原武夫・清水唯一朗編『総合政策学の方法論的展開』 (慶応義塾大学出版会)     159 - 179 2023.02

沈黙する羊、歌う羊：戦後思想における加藤周一

小熊英二

世界 (岩波書店)   ( 929 ) 184 - 199 2020.02

Research paper (other academic), Single Work

Who are the people?: A history of discourses on political collective subjectivity in post-war Japan

Eiji Oguma

Felix Rösch; Atsuko Watanabe (ed.) Modern Japanese political thought and international relations (Rowman & Littlefield International)     131 - 150 2018.09

Research paper (other academic), Single Work

「1968」とは何だったのか、何であるのか

小熊英二

思想  ( 1129 ) 6 - 19 2018.05

Single Work

「3：2：5」の構図：現代日本の得票構造と「ブロック帰属意識」

小熊英二

世界 (岩波書店)   ( 903 ) 79 - 92 2018.01

Research paper (other academic), Single Work

“We Welcome Mr. Trump, But...”: Donald Trump and the Ambivalence of the Japanese Conservatives

Eiji Oguma

Transnational Asia 1 ( 2 ) 1 - 16 2017.09

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An Industry Awaiting Reform: The Social Origins and Economics of Manga and Animation in Postwar Japan

Eiji Oguma

The Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus 15 ( 9-1 ) 1 - 16 2017.04

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work

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The Japanese manga and animation industry was established under special conditions in the high growth period of the 1960's. At that time the domestic market of the publishing industry and the film industry was large, the literacy rate was high, other entertainment was little developed, and the industry did not yet confront the challenges of globalization. However, the industrial structure established during this period has deteriorated to one that exploits creators who have weak bargaining power. This reflects the situation throughout Japanese society in the sense that the social structure originating in the 1960s has lost flexibility, creating dysfunction and growing disparities.

Keywords: Socio-Cultural Structure, Constructed Specificity, Cognitive Precariat, manga, anime

A New Wave Against the Rock: New social movements in Japan since the Fukushima nuclear meltdown

Eiji Oguma

The Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus 14 ( 13-2 ) 1 - 39 2016.07

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work

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In the summer of 2012, following an accident at the Fukushima power plant in March 2011, 200,000 people filled the streets outside the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo. This new movement had much in common with contemporaneous movements around the world, such as Occupy Wall Street. These included its use of the internet and the central role played by a highly educated precariat. In this essay, I analyze the results of the research I conducted on this movement, including the characteristics displayed by its main actors and participants, the structure of the organizing group and its methods of mobilization. Furthermore, I analyze Japan’s political structure to show why the movement has not directly affected electoral outcomes. While this article analyzes Japanese society, it also contributes to understanding a more universal problem: What is the relationship between twenty-first century social movements and political systems that took shape during the twentieth century?

波が寄せれば岩は沈む : 福島原発事故後における社会運動の社会学的分析

OGUMA EIJI

現代思想 44 ( 7 ) 206 - 233 2016.03

Japan's 1968: A Collective Reaction to Rapid Economic Growth in an Age of Turmoil

Eiji Oguma

The Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus 13 ( 12-1 ) 1 - 27 2015.03

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted