1980년대 일본의 ‘생명주의’와 ‘전후’ 인식의 변용

Abstract

In the thought space of Japan in the 1980s, "postwar thought" aimed at "modern subject" lost its effect and "contemporary thought" such as post-modernism emerged. However, the diffusion of such "post modern" discourse was not a phenomenon limited to the domain of thought. In the 1980s, a new intellectual trend that could be called "Vitalism" appeared. Hiroshi Noma, who is a famous writer belonged to "post-war group", regarded the divergence between man and nature as a crisis of civilization and sought ways to overcome the crisis from the view of life in Japanese literature. Various life theories appeared under the influence of “New "Age” and "Ecology" of western. As can be seen from "New Science" and "Anti-nuclear Movement", “Vitalism” in this age crossed the domain of thought, spreading to science and social movements. Meanwhile, the Japanese culture theories which insisted on the possibility of "post modernity" of Japanese culture also shared the attitude of criticism of Western European civilization with Vitalism. When Soviet socialism and American capitalism no longer function as a social "ideal", Japanese culture theories and Vitalism emerged in a new "big story" positively describing Japan as a post modern society. In other words, Vifeism was a kind of "thought movement" that appeared, when the direction of "post podern" encountered weakening of the Cold War world view.