Political Culture of Contemporary Germany and European Integration

在本研究项目中，我们分析了当代德国政治文化的转型与欧洲一体化的关系。这个项目是跨学科的，从历史、文学、法律、国际关系等不同的学术观点进行。在三年的时间里，各自的调查人员收集和分析基本材料，追求自己的研究主题。个别研究的结果在每年举行的会议上介绍，并由全体成员讨论。例如，Hosaka研究了统一后的德国的新文学和哲学趋势，特别关注作家作为克服过去的行为而与记忆作斗争(Verangenheitsbewaltigung)。史学家石田将各种历史争议视为反映当代德国政治文化转型的一面镜子，并分析了其结构性特征。川村从国际关系的角度考察了近代德国外交文化政策的发展与国家身份的变化、法德文化合作和欧洲一体化的关系。Aizawa于1999年7月在德国波鸿大学举行的研讨会上介绍了研究项目的中期报告。为了向公众展示我们项目的成果，我们分别于1998年1月和1999年9月举办了两次国际研讨会，分别邀请了德国驻日本大使Frank Elbe博士和柏林理工学院社会学教授Werner Bergmann博士。2000年3月，石田参加了在柏林理工学院举行的国际研讨会，并介绍了该项目的成果。

In this research project we analyzed the transformation of contemporary German political culture in relation with European integration. The project was interdisciplinary, conducted from various academic viewpoints such as those of history, literature, law, international relations, etc. Throughout the three-year-period respective investigator collected and analyzed basic materials and pursued his or her research theme.The results of individual studies were presented at the meetings, which were held six times a year, and discussed by the whole members. For example, Hosaka studied new literary and philosophical trends in the reunited Germany, with special attention to the struggle with memory by writers as the act of overcoming the past (Vergangenheitsbewaltigung). Ishida, a historian, regarded the various controversies over history as a mirror reflecting the transformation of contemporary German political culture, and analyzed their structural character. Kawamura, from the perspective of international relations, investigated the development of foreign cultural policy in modern Germany in relation with changing national Identities, Franco-German cultural cooperation, and European integration. Aizawa presented the interim report of the research project in the symposium held at Bochum University, Germany, in July 1999.In order to present the results of our project to the general public, we held two international symposia in January 1998 and September 1999, inviting respectively Dr. Frank Elbe (German Ambassador to Japan) and Dr. Werner Bergmann (professor of sociology at the Berlin Institute of Technology). In March 2000 Ishida takes part in an international symposium in the Berlin Institute of Technology, and presents the result of the project.