Report of the 3rd Research Meeting of Research Approach (4) of 2012
Report of the 3rd Research Meeting of Research Approach (4) of 2012
Date: 22th January 2013
Time: 18:30-20:40
Venue: Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, ’58 Building 2F Research Center for International Japanese Studies Seminar Room
Speaker: Tierry Hoquet (Professor, Lyon 3 University)
Theme: Cyborgs, etc.. Typology of Posthumans in Some Contemporary Manga
Translator: Takafumi Ishiwatari (Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University)
Chair: Shin Abiko (Director, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies; Professor, Hosei University)
Executive Summary
In this meeting, Professor Hoquet aimed to compare the philosophical significance of various figures of fiction that can collect under the general label of “posthumans” cyborgs, mutants, robots, but also related to a graft hybrid. Each of these characters embodies different values ??(heroism, skill, immortality, discipline, etc.) and various risks (specialization, slumping, obsolescence, addiction).
The presentation developed these thoughts on the implicit philosophy of fiction, illustrating them with examples from the world of manga, as well as American blockbusters.
