Abstract
The purpose of this article is to examine the trace of the popular cultural studies of Tsurumi Shunsuke. In late 1940s, Tsurumi started popular cultural studies based on scientific methodologies to go beyond the philosophy and philosophical language that had prevailed in wartime Japan and to produce results useful to people. In early 1960s, this scientific-theoretical approach to popular culture was transformed into a practical one to transcend the distance between intellectuals and the people. However, this second approach proved impossible in the face of the appearance of technological-poetical discursive formations in late 1960s. This result indicates the historical limits of Tsurumi's everyday thought.
