As French philosopher Etienne Balibar had once defined, a principal origin of theracism is a caste‐based, descent one. This paper aims to summarize historicalbackground of buraku and the discrimination against buraku through the facts inmedieval to the modern period, with referring to analysis of folklore studies in Japanand anthropology in South Asia. Next, I will show how the caste‐based and descentdiscriminatory practices attached with modern racism. In order to the examination,I focus on a custom in Japanese political culture such as occasional expedients,‘hoben’ as Buddhist term in Japanese, which means an avoidance of absoluteprinciple of judgment but an application of temporal expedients. By referring tothe ‘hoben,’ I show how discipline‐power functions by activating ‘hoben’ in Japanesepolitical culture. The manner of hoben in Japanese political culture relativizesabsolute standards in moral and ethical principles based on Confucian or religions. Therefore it has prevented Japanese society from establishing political democracyand the political culture for cultural symbiotic customs as moral and ethicaldisciplines. Based on these arguments, I will show the necessary conditions forrealization of multicultural customs among minorities, and for the relationshipbetween minorities and majorities.
한국일본언어문화학회 [Japanese Language & Culture Association of Korea]
설립연도
2001
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본문학은 물론, 일본의 정치, 경제, 문화, 사회 등의 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구 및 일본의 언어, 문화를 매체로 한 한국과의 비교 연구를 대상으로 하고 있다. 본 학회는 회원들에게 연구 발표 및 정보 교환의 기회를 부여하고 나아가 한국에서의 바람직한 일본 연구 자세를 확립하는 것을 주된 목표로 하고 있다.