Godzilla Ron Note Kaiju Ron No Chishiki Shakai Gaku

[Machine Translation] The Sociology of Knowledge about Godzilla, which "attacked" the postwar Japanese archipelago. Sixty years after its birth, the "Godzilla" series and other special effects monster movies and TV dramas occupy a firm place in the history of postwar Japanese subculture. Various discourses have been held on the allegory, politics, and ideology of these works. While organizing the war experiences and perspectives shared by the producers and viewers, the geopolitical senses such as the "Southern Fantasy" and historical consciousness, we will also expose the unconscious self-projections of critics, such as the dream of becoming a military superpower and Orientalism.

戦後日本列島に「襲来」するゴジラをめぐる知識社会学。誕生から60余年をへて戦後日本サブカルチャー史に確固たる位置を占める「ゴジラ」シリーズはじめ特撮怪獣映画・テレビドラマ。これらの作品群のかかえる寓意や政治性‐思想性をめぐりさまざまな言説がくりひろげられてきた。制作陣・観衆が共有した戦争体験・戦争観や「南方幻想」など地政学感覚や、歴史意識を整理しながら、軍事大国化への夢想やオリエンタリズムなど、批評家たちの無自覚な自己投影をえぐりだす。