Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to critically reexamine the existing concept of Kyosei from the standpoint of the philosophy of Kyosei, assuming the Kyosei among people, and to redefine what better Kyosei is. In doing so, this paper is linked to the anti-discrimination lineage that was one of the motives of the idea of Kyosei, and from this perspective, the definition of Kyosei will be reexamined. Kyosei was a problematic proposition from the minority to the majority.
There are two typical definitions of Kyosei. First, Kyosei is the renewal of social categories, and second, it is the mutual recognition of differences and mutual transformation toward the establishment of equal relationships. From an anti-discrimination perspective, however, it is rather discriminatory to maintain and renew the first social category itself, and to recognize and understand others without reducing them to social categories is required in the name of Kyosei. Referring to the findings of anthropology, educational philosophy, and political sociology, one can recognize others without using social categories. Kyosei is oriented toward individual-individual relationships. As for the second definition, it can be said that demanding not only the majority but also the minority to change is contrary to the original intention of Kyosei, which is objection by the minority. It is the majority that should change, not the minority.
Based on the above, this paper finally redefines Kyosei as follows. Kyosei means that the majority is transformed by the objection of the minority who demands that others not be reduced to social categories, and that the majority ceases to reduce others to social categories even in the absence of an objection. Of course, this Kyosei is never complete. Constant efforts must be made toward this end.
https://ror.org/04rbrkq32 
