HIRATA Tomohisa

Organization: Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University

Status: Research Fellow

Educational History:
2002/March, Bachelor of Education, Osaka Kyoiku University, Osaka, Japan
2004/March, Master of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University,
Kyoto, Japan
2008/November, Ph. D. Candidate of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Professional Experience:
From 2004/April to 2007/March JSPS Doctoral Fellowships (DC1) at Kyoto
University, “Study on Sadism and Masochism as Philosophical Thoughts and Their Historical Changes”

Research Interests:
   During Ph. D. course, I have researched on following three themes.
1. Interactions between Sadism/Masochism and modern/contemporary philosophical thoughts
2. Transmissions of thoughts or truth by media
3. A Comparison the diffusion of books to that of electronic media

Main Publications (in Japanese):
1. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2005, “To “Be with” Immanuel Kant and To Be “with” Marquis de Sade,” Komin Ronshu, No. 13, pp. 69-90.
2. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2005, “Of the Disorganized Body and Its Grand Enchantment: Toward a Rethinking Late Foucault’s theory,” Gendai Shakai Riron Kenkyu, No. 15, pp. 232-43.
3. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2007, “Blaise Pascal as the Ideal-type: Jansenism in Max Weber’s Thesis,” Shakai System Kenkyu, No. 10, pp. 63-76.
4. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2007, “Two Perspectives Crossing in Phantasm: A Study on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Der Sandmann,” Becoming, No. 20, pp. 78-108.
5. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2007, ““Modernité” and “Actualité” in Michel Foucault’s Theory: As the Problem of the Way to Write a History” Sociologos, No. 31, pp. 40-61.
6. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2008, “Of the Multiculturalism in Marquis de Sade’s Political Philosophy,” Seizongaku Kenkyu Center Hokoku, No. 4, pp. 279-98.

Research Group: Theory

Research Interests in Global COE:
1. Comparative Research on Internet Cafes in Asia
  I have conducted to field survey on mapping Internet Cafes in East and Southeast Asian Countries and have interviewed shopkeepers and customers on Internet Cafes in each country since August 2008. By analyzing survey data, I will try to clarify the diversity of the Internet use in Asia and the specificity of the Internet Cafe space in each Asian country by use of the concepts of intimate and public spheres.

2. Investigation of History of Media Infrastructures from the Comparative Sociological Perspective
  In the West, there were various kinds of research on the history of media as the public infrastructures such as highways, gas stations, electricity, and telephones. Referring to these studies, I will describe the diffusion of media infrastructures in Asian countries and clarify the commonalities and differences between the western countries and them.

3. Research on the Relation between Telepathy and the Modern/Contemporary Thoughts in the West
  The imagination of telepathy, which implies the medium directly covering infinite distance between real world and another world, living person and a departed soul, appeared in the end of 19th century European countries and U. S.. I will consider (1) the philosophical, social, and media-technological background of this imagination, (2) the relation between telepathy and mass psychology, and clarify the differences between the imagination of telepathy and that of sympathy, empathy and compassion from the perspective of history of thoughts.

4. Critical Research on Max Weber's Thesis Proposed in “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" from the Viewpoint of Media Studies
   Max Weber proposed a hypothesis of ‘elective affinities’ between the protestant ethic and capitalist’s “spirit” in his well-known book “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”. It has been criticized by a lot of socio-economic studies, but there is hardly any research on it from the viewpoint of media studies which ask the diffusion of the Bible and its guidebooks and transformation of protestant doctrines. I will discuss them by comparing those of Jansenism and would like to figure out particularities of modern capitalism of the West.

Activities in Global COE (from Dec. 2008):
1. Research Projects:
  (1) Global COE Research Unit (Co-Representative, 2008/August-2009/March) “Evolution of Information Technologies and Transformation of the Intimate and Public Spheres in East Asia Countries”
  (2) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (Representative, 2009/September-2011/March) “Socio-historical and Comparative Sociological Study on the Internet Cafe in East and Southeast Asian Countries”

2. Publications and Presentations:
  (1) Publications (in Japanese)
    i. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2010, “Reality of Poverty and Its Problems: A Study on the Perspectives toward Internet Cafe Refugees (Net Cafe Nanmin), ” Int’lecowk, Vol. 65., No. 2., pp. 18-20.
    ii. Hirata, Tomohisa, et.al., 2010, GCOE Working Papers Next Generation Research 16: Comparative Study on Internet Cafe uses in Japan, China and Korea and Its Problem, Global COE for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia, Kyoto University.
    iii. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2010, “A Study on an ‘Opened Book’ Studying an ‘Opened Book’: Review on Michel Foucault’s “Introduction to Kant's Anthropology”,” ARENA No. 8., pp. 401-4.
    iv. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2010, “Books and the Copyright in Kant’s Theory: A Study of the Public Spheres and Copyright System in Contemporary Media Technology,” Shakai Johogaku Kenkyu, Vol. 14., No. 2., pp. 67-81.
    v. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2011, “Freud’s Preference of Media and His Theory on Telepathy,” Kyoto Seika Daigaku Kiyo, No. 38., pp. 45-68.

  (2) Publications (in English)
    i. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2009, “Cultural Differences in Internet Usages in China, Korea and Japan and “the Materiality of the Internet": Towards a Theoretical Reconsideration of the Intimate and Public Relationship on the Internet,” Proceedings of the 1st Next Generation Global Workshop, pp. 359-367.
    ii. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2010, “The Notion of Equality and the Denial of Family in the Marquis de Sade's Discourse,” Proceedings of the 2nd Next Generation Global Workshop, pp. 438-447.
    iii. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2011, “Why Is “Immigrant Song” Sung: Internet Cafes and Current Status of “Migrants” in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore,” Proceedings of the 3rd Next Generation Global Workshop, pp. 287-294.
    iv. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2011, "Being Quiet in Internet Cafes: Private Booths and the Isolation of Net Cafe Nanmin," Journal of Socio-Informatics, Vol. 4., No. 1., pp. 41-48.
 

  (3) Presentations (in Japanese)
    i. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2009, “What is the “Locality” on Database and How Do People Use It?,” The Japan Society for Socio-Information Studies 2nd Practical & Open-type Workshop, Nagoya University.
    ii. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2010, “Informatization in Asia and Internet Cafes,” JASI-JSIS Joint Conference Pre-Conference I: Socio-Informatics of Asia-Pacific Region, Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture.

  (4) Presentations (in English)
    i. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2009, “Cultural Differences in Internet Usages in China, Korea and Japan and “the Materiality of the Internet": Towards a Theoretical Reconsideration of the Intimate and Public Relationship on the Internet,” The 1st Global COE Next-Generation Global Workshop, Kyoto University.
    ii. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2009, “The Notion of Equality and the Denial of Family in the Marquis de Sade's Discourse,” The 2nd Global COE Next-Generation Global Workshop, Kyoto University.
    iii. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2010, “Some Comparative Research on Internet Cafés in East and Southeast Asian Countries,” XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology RC07 Roundtable, Gothenburg (Sweden).
    iv. Hirata, Tomohisa, 2010, “Why Is “Immigrant Song” Sung: Internet Cafes and Current Status of "Migrants" in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore,” The 3rd Global COE Next-Generation Global Workshop, Kyoto University.

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