抄録
This paper attempts to examine the results of the theoretical and empirical studies in the the branch of the so-called “Social psychology : ideology” of Japanese sociology before 1945. This branch has many sides to its character. Accordingly it is very important to clarify the position of the branch in sociology for the time.
It is reasonable that the branch has been called variously so far in Japanese sociology. Because the problems taken up in this field are extremely complex. Furthermore, some of them have ever been regarded as the key problems of the sociological theories.
Then I aim at seizing the outline of the theoretical and empirical studies in the field, first of all. Most of these studies might as well have been of social consciousness by and large. For instance, even the point on which J. Matsumoto and M. Shimmei disputed for a long time was not inrelated to the subject of social consciousness. On the other hand, this subject was substantially discussed also in the many branches of Japanese sociology. Its typical example was found in the case of Japanese rural sociology.
At all events, why the so-called “Social psychology ideology” field is one of the branches of sociology ? The theme of my paper is rooted in this question.
