Japanese Sociological Review
Online ISSN : 1884-2755
Print ISSN : 0021-5414
ISSN-L : 0021-5414
Volume 33, Issue 2
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  • Sugure Yuda
    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 2-19
    Published: September 30, 1982
    Released on J-STAGE: October 19, 2009
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    We point out “Vergesellscaftung der Arbeit” theory, “Verelendung” theory and “Klasse als Bewuβtsein” theory among various theoretical arguments on “Subjekt der sozialen Verwälzung” in advanced capitalistic society. It is necessary to grasp these three points systematically, so that we can clear the formation of “Subjekt der sozialen Verwälzung” theoretically.
    In this paper, we mention Marx's theory of “Subjekt der sozialen Verwälzung” from these three points as follows :
    1 Marx's theory of “Subjekt der sozialen Verwälzung” has been constructed from the theoretical viewpoint of “Vergesellschaftung der Arbeit”, “Verelendung” and “Klasse als Bewuβtsein” since “Ökonomisch-philosophishe Manuskript aus dem Jahre 1844” was written.
    But we think that theoretical development of “Subjekt der sozialen Verwälzung” in Young Marx was restricted within empirical studies on British labour movement.
    2 We think that “lebendes Subjekt” theory and “arbeitendes Subjekt” theory were established in “Grundrisse der Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie” and “Das Kapital”.
    These two theories lay the foundation of “Beclürfnissubjekt” theory that is the very important element of “Klasse als Bewuβtsein” theory. According to these we can grasp “Vergesellschaftung der Arbeit” and “Verelendung” subjectivelly.
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  • Kohkichi Shoji
    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 20-40
    Published: September 30, 1982
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    As the “world society” has made us feel its reality in various ways, the class structure should nowadays be grasped in the global scale rather than in domains of national societies. The class structure in contemporary Japan could be seen in this perspective to appear relatively flat and resembling to that of the ideal type of “civil society”, because the Japanese society itself has got into the “Center” of the imperialist world system and climbed up to the upper part of the global class structure through the whole processes of postwar rapid economic growth. So-called “middle class consciousness” which has been said to be spreading among the Japanese people seems to be a reflection of this “diamond type” of class structure. Class consciousness, however, should be seen and investigated not in short-term and regional perspectives but in an essentially long-term and world-wide one (even national and/or advanced societies are regional in the global perspective). Morever, if scrutinized, there are considerable differences by class and/or stratum not only of intensity but of directions in the social attitudes especially about the situations of life space outside workplace and the political world. It is true that the Japanese society today is integrated pretty well by a logic of Japanese industrialism (so-called welfare corporatism) and the most Japanese workers are almost possessed by the “ethos” of privatism and/or individualism. But, as some readiness for social activism are also observable however weak, it can be said that some conditions may exist for some part of working classes to become enough active to start new social movements if any anti-Establishment organizations exercise effective leadership from the top.
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  • Yôichi Oyama
    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 41-56
    Published: September 30, 1982
    Released on J-STAGE: October 19, 2009
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    The aim of this paper is to comment upon recent debates on the theory of class and class struggle in Western Marxism. Firstly, B. Hindess' position is presented, and his interpretation of N. Poulantzas as a Lukácsian rather than an Althusserian is criticized. Secondly, A. Przeworski on the process of class formation is dealt with, and the ambiguities of his argumentation are pointed out. Lastly, this paper concludes by suggesting where a fundamental issue is to be found, referring to E.O. Wright's “modes of determination”, on the one hand, and to S. Hall's “theory of representation”, on the other.
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  • Tomoaki Konya
    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 57-73
    Published: September 30, 1982
    Released on J-STAGE: October 19, 2009
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    In this paper we try to clear what main cause holds and grows Japanese old consciousness even in this highly developed capitalistic period.
    We observe “Hinoeuma” superstition which women who born in the Hinoeuma year (which rounds once per 60 years) are regard wild, and “Rokuyoh” superstition which tell lucky and evil days. These superstitions were created in the 1700's on the base of naming method which had come from ancient China.
    In the Hinoeuma year 1906, birth number was down 4.03% from the previous year, and in 1966 the number was down 25.38%. Death rate (per 1, 000 birth) of fetuses (over 4 month of pregnancy) of 1906 was 6.1 over than the average of 1901-1910, and the rate of 1966 was over 16.2 than the average 1961-1970.
    The influence of Rokuyoh in Sapporo City was the following. The rate of cremation held on the evil days (which appear 4-5 times per a month) to other days were from 10.98% in 1974 to 6.61% in 1980. And the rate of wedding held on evil Sundays in 1980 (9 days) to all Sundays was 6.49%, the rate of lucky Sundays (9 days) was 93.50%.
    By comparison of other factors, we think that these superstitions are closely related to Japanese employees' belongingness to the enterprises which they are employing.
    The Japanese unique life-time employment system was created in 1920-1930's and workers can not against even superstitions as irrational customs fearing another employee's antagonism under this system which ties them more closely to the enterprises after 1950's.
    Thus, these superstitions which seem the most typical expression of Japanese old consciousness are holding and growing by the economical system which big enterprises have mainly created.
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  • The “universal development of individuals” and the “social collective means of consumption”
    Hidehiro Takahashi
    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 74-91
    Published: September 30, 1982
    Released on J-STAGE: October 19, 2009
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    The sociological analysis on “consumption-living” of individuals which keeps the inner relation to the ploblem about the suspension of modern capitalismus has not completely succeeded in its accumulation. That can be emphasized when compared with the accumulation on “production-labor-living” of individuals. This is due to the difficulty of logical analysis on the “consumption-living” of individuals, from the viewpoint of clarifing the suspension of capitalist mode of production. But now, we must approve that the individuals are in the present stage of social development in which that logical analysis is possible.
    In this paper, the analysis on “consumption-living” of individuals will be attempted from the viewpoint of clarifing the suspension of capitalist mode of production. Based on this viewpoint, the analysis will be done on the “Social Collective Means of Consumption” in terms of the mutuality between the “universal development of individuals” (K. Marx) and the actualization of individuals as class subject. Through its analysis, the peculiar logic in “consumption-living” of individuals, which has buds toward the “future society” after the suspension of modern capitalist society, will be derived.
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    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 92-95
    Published: September 30, 1982
    Released on J-STAGE: October 19, 2009
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    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 96-101
    Published: September 30, 1982
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    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 102-105
    Published: September 30, 1982
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    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 105-108
    Published: September 30, 1982
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    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 109-112
    Published: September 30, 1982
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    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 113-115
    Published: September 30, 1982
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    1982 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 116-119
    Published: September 30, 1982
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