モロイ ユウイチ
MOROI YUICHI
師井 勇一 所属 明治大学 国際日本学部 職種 客員講師 |
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言語種別 | 英語 |
発行・発表の年月 | 2017/06 |
形態種別 | エッセイ |
標題 | "'Here I Sit; I Can Do No Other': Conscientious Objection to the National Anthem in Japan and the US" |
執筆形態 | 単著 |
掲載誌名 | The Peace Chronicle |
掲載区分 | 国外 |
出版社・発行元 | The Peace and Justice Studies Association |
巻・号・頁 | Spring-Fall, 2017,pp.19-23 |
概要 | In this essay, I will examine the national anthem protest as a form of conscientious objection. Focusing on the cases of Colin Kaepernick in the US and school teachers in Japan, this essay will compare and contrast between the cases. I shall start with a number of obvious differences in the national anthem protest between the cases. Surprising similarities, however, do emerge when it comes to the control of behavior to the symbols of a nation and to the conscientious nature of the reasons behind the protest. We shall see how the conscientious action, seemingly an individual protest, is connected to the social with a sense of civic responsibility. This essay will find that while the minority protest to the national anthem seems individualistic and even anti-national (un-American or un-Japanese), their sense of civic responsibility makes the protest of individual conscience and conviction social in both countries. |