"the reflexive project of self" of the youth in late modern society : a case study in Okinawa

本研究的任务是运用英国社会学家吉登斯（A Giddens）的“自我的自反性工程”（the reflexive project of self）的概念，以冲绳的年轻人为例，着眼于冲绳的地方性是如何被想象的，以及他们赋予了什么样的意义，来把握生活在近代后期社会的年轻人自我认同的建构/重建过程。在第一章“本研究的任务和本报告的构成”中，我解释了本研究的任务，如上述，概述了青年社会学研究的趋势，其中可能包括本研究，介绍了本报告的构成，等等。吉登斯的现代性观及其下的个体自我认同，分为“什么是现代性”、“现代性的制度维度”、“现代性中的个体”、“生活政治”、“反思”五个部分。在第三章“冲绳青年的"自我与冲绳”的反思性工程：通过访谈”中，笔者试图通过对作为本研究的几部作品之一的对冲绳青年的访谈数据进行分析，积极把握在冲绳出生、成长或长期居住的冲绳青年的自我认同的建构/重建过程。

The task of this study was to grasp the process of construction/reconstruction of self identity of the youths who lived in late modern society, utilizing the concept of "the reflexive project of self" of British sociologist A Giddens, taking up youths of Okinawa as an example, and focusing on how the locality of Okinawa was imaged and what significance it was given by them.The report of this study consists of 3 chapters. In chapter I "The task of this study and constitution of this report", I explained the task of this study such as above, surveyed the trend of studies of sociology of youth, in which this study is probably included, presenting the constitution of this report, and so on. In chapter II "A Giddens's theory on modernity and self-identity", I surveyed and examined, according to the title, Giddens's opinion on modernity and self-identity of individuals beneath it, in 5 sections, "what is modernity", "institutional dimensions of modernity", "individuals in modernity", "life politics", and "consideration". In chapter III "The ‘reflexive project of self and ‘Okinawa' for youths of Okinawa : through interviews", I tried to grasp positively the process of construction/reconstruction of self identity of the youths of Okinawa, who were born and brought up in Okinawa, or lived there for a considerable period, through analysis of the data from interviews toward them, which were brought about as some of several works of this study.