You are invited to the next workshop of Global Asia Studies Research Center at Waseda University, which will be held on July 8 (Monday), 2019, 16:30-18:00





Title: Postdevelopment in Japan - Revisiting Yoshirou Tamanoi's Theory of Regionalism


Speakers: Dr. Yoshihiro Nakano (Waseda University)




Abstract:


n this workshop, Dr. Nakano presents a summary of his latest research article published in Postdevelopment in Practice: Alternatives, Economies, Ontologies (edited by E. Klein and C. E. Morreo, London and New York, Routledge, 2019). Yoshirou Tamanoi (1918-1985) is a pioneer of ecological economics in Japan and a highly original social critic who introduced the works of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Karl Polanyi and Ivan Illich to the Japanese public. In the mid-1970s, he instigated a new societal project called 'regionalism', exploring alternatives to development in Japan.




The presentation examines key concepts of regionalism with a particular focus on its exploration of new vision of community. It brings to light four theoretical domains elaborated by Tamanoi: politics, economics, aesthetics and ethics. Then, it discusses how his theory resonates with its international counterparts such as degrowth and civil economy, mutually cultivating a vision of post-capitalist community economy. The concluding part suggests a possible convergence of regionalism to a global project of epistemologies of the South, introducing a new research program.




Discussant: Prof. Max War (Middlebury College)


Chair: Jeffrey J. Hall (Waseda University)



Language: English



Event Information Page: https://www.waseda.jp/global-asia/article/2019/06/748



July 8 (Monday), 2019, 16:30-18:00



Place: Waseda University Campus, Building 14, Room 960



1-104 Totsukamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, JAPAN


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