上原専祿における教育と宗教 : 「歴史」概念と日蓮観をめぐって
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Senroku Uehara (1899-1975) was a historian known as one of the most important educational thinkers on the people's education (Kokumin-kyoiku) and the world history education in postwar Japan. In his writings, he also frequently mentioned the Buddhism especially Nichiren (1222-1282) who was a Buddhist in the Kamakura era. The aim of this paper is to examine the relation between education and religion in Uehara's thought, focusing on the concept of "history". According to Uehara, education is "historical", that is, history determines education and education forms history. His view was that people should have "historical thinking", although he thought the Buddhism was essentially based on "nonhistorical thinking". For Uehara. Nichiren was a very important person. Uehara saw Nichiren as a figure who had confronted the reality of history in the Kamakura era, with significant value beyond the era. Uehara in his later years, after the death of his wife, examined the relation between "the dead" and "the alive". He argued that "the dead" form history, and that "the alive" should be the media of the formation of history by "the dead". And he regarded Nichiren as "the eternal dead", namely "the eternal existence". According to Uehara, Nichiren also had been the media of the vows by Buddha in the history. Some people argue that Uehara's thought changed later in his life, but his view on Nichiren remained consistent. "Education" in Uehara's thought was the practice of the formation of history in the present age based on the religious motive of Nichiren.
- 東京大学の論文
- 2000-03-15