Drafts by Shin'Ichi Akaeda
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Understanding a habitus that makes ones productive and financially well-off has been a widespread... more Understanding a habitus that makes ones productive and financially well-off has been a widespread interest regardless of professions and places of living. Countless studies have sought the source of economic success in cultural, historical, and moral dimensions, but few studies could yield a specific character that can make a person rich because the question is profoundly individualistic. In The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism (1904), Max Weber famously explores the difference among religious denominations in seeking the historical reasons of economic stratification, while he claims at the same time that "religious allegiance is not a cause but to a certain degree a consequence of economic phenomena." 1 Despites this insight, much literature after Weber has discussed that religion plays a role of shaping a specific habit that leads to economic development. Economic history of medieval Latin West has been one of the most prominent examples that assign an "economic function" to a particular religious people, and within it, the Jewish moneylenders situated in the Christian majority often stand out as a precursor of profit-making and later capitalistic movements. However, the association of Jewish moneylending with the commercialization of the medieval society has offered a highly Christian-centric and occasionally anti-Judaic picture of European economic development. In observing this persistent stereotype, The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender (Volume I in 2017 and II in 2018) by Julie L. Mell critiques how much the traditional narratives on monetary economy in medieval Europe have been dependent on the image of Jewish usurious practice, which on the other hand Christian moral teaching had prohibited.
Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle. Friedrich Hayek. Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2... more Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle. Friedrich Hayek. Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2012. 237 pp.
Papers by Shin'Ichi Akaeda
In Karl Marx's Capital, he addresses that commodity exchange relies on the specific trope that so... more In Karl Marx's Capital, he addresses that commodity exchange relies on the specific trope that social characteristics of private labor only appear as the social relation of things, and once describes this trope as "fetishism." 1 This trope, which finds human relations in materials, also applies to non-commodity exchanges such as gifts, for a gift is supposed to represent a social form of human psyche. Marx's questioning the trope inherently admits the difference between what it looks and what it is, and moreover, he applies this dichotomy to the difference between material relations and human relations, where human relations are thus more genuine than material ones. 2
Ein Mann fühlt sich das Zimmer wirklich kalt. Es ist weder mehr noch weniger. Er gießt heißen Kaf... more Ein Mann fühlt sich das Zimmer wirklich kalt. Es ist weder mehr noch weniger. Er gießt heißen Kaffee in einen weißen Becher und hält plötzlich inne, um sich zu bewegen. Wegen der Dunkelheit in der Nacht kann man kein Hellgrün aus dem Fenster sehen. Die monochromatische Welt in der Nacht entzieht alle Farben nicht nur außerhalb des Hauses, sondern auch von der eigenen Erinnerung. Der Mann, der seit langer Zeit die Geisteskrankheit erlitten hatte, hat vor einem Monat auf seine Pillen verzichtet. Er leidet nicht mehr an einer starken emotionalen Veränderung, aber er hat noch eine Schlaflosigkeit.
Religions are ubiquitous, and anxiety is also so. Beyond its ethnographical differences, the anxi... more Religions are ubiquitous, and anxiety is also so. Beyond its ethnographical differences, the anxious feeling that human finds clueless is a kind of awe toward the grandeur against which one feels would be isolated and obliterated existentially. In another sense, it becomes cumulative desires that are not able to be satisfied. Such fears of existence often have a futuristic feature driven from the theoretical assumption of eternity, infinity, and continuity although any human events are like morceaux in fact. This coursework focuses on the social restorative function to this unquenchable thirst --which is the ideal and tentative destination of every effort of the humankind. How can it be made possible? The Latin motto "Memento mori (Lat. Remember you must die.)" is a famous saying indeed, but it would be too a hasty express to the final answer. This thesis suggests, then, that labor has played a role in the setting goals as a positive expression for a moral, economic constitution, while the power of the systematic belief has, moreover, helped enforcing a constant rhythm of life.
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Drafts by Shin'Ichi Akaeda
Book Reviews by Shin'Ichi Akaeda
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