Study on construction of theory for managing and regulating regional conflicts by deconstruction of contemporar theories of Nation and Nationalism

本课题是日本立松根大学和大坂外国语大学在1997-1998年期间共同进行的关于国家和民族主义理论的解构以及解决和调节地区冲突的政策制定的研究项目。该项目旨在批判性地反思现代国家和民族主义理论，以澄清当代世界主要是南美，中东，西欧地区冲突的核心问题。为了促进日本国内的民族、民族主义和族群研究，我们建立了民族、民族主义理论研究和地区冲突研究的数据库。1997年，本课题对当代主流的民族、民族主义理论进行了研究。Suyama教授研究了英国新一代的民族主义和种族研究。田口教授和中谷教授研究了日本和法国的民族研究趋势。1998年，须山教授研究犹太民族主义和德国民族主义。Minamino副教授研究的是爱尔兰民族主义和北方爱尔兰冲突，本项目虽然不能达到预期的效果，但可以进行一些基础性的研究，以促进民族和民族主义的研究，促进地区冲突的解决和调整的政策制定，并澄清了这一主题的一些基本问题。

This Project is a joint research project on the de-construction of theories of nation and nationalism and the policy making for settlement and regulation of regional conflicts by Ritsurnekan University and Osaka University of Foreign Studies between 1997-1998. This Project has had a purpose to rethink critically theories of nation and nationalism during modern era, to clear up core problems causing contemporary regional conflicts in the world, mainly South America, Middle East, West Europe. And we have made a database on studies of theories of nation and nationalism and studies of regional conflicts for promoting the study of nation, nationalism and ethnicity in Japan.In 1997, This project had a research on the contemporary main stream of theories of nation and nationalism. Professor Suyama researched on the new generation of studies of nationalism and ethnicity in United Kingdom. Professor Taguchi and Professor Nakatani researched tendency of ethnic studies in Japan and France. In 1998, Professor Suyama researched on Jewish nationalism and German nationalism. Associate professor Minamino researched on Irish nationalism and Northern Ireland conflict.This Project could not get result enough to complete our purpose but could have some basic research in order to promote the studies of nation and nationalism and the policy making for solution and regulation of regional conflicts, And this project cleared up some basic issues of this theme.