自然学校におけるラディカルな社会変革の要因

－ヴァンダナ・シヴァの近代科学批判を手がかりに－

抄録

  The purpose of this study is to logically clarify radical elements in Nature Schools to further clarify the significance of Nature Schools in building a sustainable society. Nature Schools solve regional social problems using experiencing nature as a tool. However, so far experiencing nature has been thought of as difficult to change social structure.
  This paper investigates the relationship between people and nature in Nature Schools, taking a cue from Vandana Shiva's criticism of modern science. As a result, this study showed that the relationship between people and nature constructed by Nature Schools is fundamentally different from the relationship between people and nature in modern times.
  That is to say, by experiencing nature, people can build a friendly relationship with nature and experience nature comprehensively. Nature is never decisively destroyed through nature experiencing activities. This kind of alternative relationship between people and nature that is created through experiencing nature is a radical element of Nature Schools. Moreover, the Nature School movement contains the element "sharing and diversity," and this can be valued as a radical element as well.