Yukio Maeda

Politics, Peace Studies, International Relations

Planetary Politics, Political Thought of Peace, Popular Culture and World Politics, Critical Security Studies

1. The current state of the bleak world and planetary limits
   There has been a division of labor between diplomacy and the military (the traditional domain of international politics) and domestic affairs (the traditional domain of political science), but in reality, various aspects such as daily life, poverty, conflict, the environment, religion, and culture intersect in complex ways, and the international and domestic worlds are intertwined in all directions. We are also entering a turbulent era in which dictatorial leaders are being born one after another. This seminar aims to produce talented people who can face such difficult realities and think about the conditions necessary for creating peace.
2. Understanding the SDGs in space and time
   The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have emerged to counter this situation. In this seminar, we will comprehensively consider their true meaning. One approach is to explore the planetary perspective of global urban slums spatially. Another is to consider how these "slow violence" have evolved temporally. Furthermore, we will use this opportunity to consider how they have permeated our "modern" mentality to such a deep level.
3. Soft Power and the Sharpening of the Perspective on Civilization
   Of course, the issue of violence is also a cultural issue. If we want to understand it on a deeper level, we cannot turn away from culture. For example, while thinking about the influence that software content such as Hollywood movies, Disney movies (including Disneyland), TV dramas, anime, games, documentaries, and magazines in the United States have had on the formation of the individual, the seminar will be a place to consider what is needed to "construct a great culture" of peace, one of the three founding guidelines of the university.
   To achieve this, it is important to use the essence of political thought and philosophy, which will lead to a deeper level of understanding. In the seminar, we will continually communicate the usefulness of this.

1. We want to produce students who can express their feelings and thoughts in their own words, and at the same time, who can listen carefully to and understand what other participants, including the faculty, have to say, and can also hold a conversation.
2. We are planning a summer camp and social gatherings (hopefully with seminars from other universities). We want to nurture each and every student to be able to enjoy such things.
   However, this seminar is not just about having fun. The point is this. "Fun and easy are different. Fun and easy are polar opposites. If you want to have fun, I don't think you should take it easy." (Hiroto Komoto)
3. The best part of learning at university is the seminars. Without the human relationships in seminars, alumni would not return to the university, and juniors would not develop. If you can build trusting relationships with people in seminars, you should be able to do well anywhere in society. We will do our best to support each of you in developing into flexible and creative individuals, using the opportunities for intensive learning in seminars as a foothold.

Global Issues, Peace Studies, International Politics, Peace Studies, Theme Seminar (American Studies), Seminars I-IV, Human Security Workshop, Human Security Fieldwork, International Peace and Diplomacy Tutorial, etc.

Planetary Peace Studies: Looking to the post-SDG era and becoming a catalyst for change

• Born in Kobe in 1974
• 1997 Graduated Faculty of Letters Soka University (23rd class)
• 1997: Enrolled in the Master's Program in Public Administration at the International Christian University Graduate School
• Graduated in 1999
• 1999: Enrolled in the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Public Administration at the International Christian University
  (Graduated in 2005) (During this time, studied abroad in the UK)
• 2004 - Assistant Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, International Christian University (until March 2011)
  (During this time, he was Adjunct Faculty at Ibaraki University, Ochanomizu University, and other institutions.)
• 2010: Received a PhD from International Christian University
• 2011: Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Osaka University of Economics and Law (until March 2015)
• 2015: Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
• 2019: Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University

①Japanese Political Science Association, ②Japanese Association of International Relations, ③Japan Association of Peace Studies, ④Japanese Association of Political Thought, ⑤Association for General Anthropology, ⑥International Studies Association (ISA)

Publications

"Thinking about World Politics I and II" (co-authored and co-edited, Kokusai Shoin, 2010)

"International Politics: An Introduction to Global Political Economy" (co-author, Horitsu Bunkasha, 2011)

"30 Books for Global Political Theory" (co-author, Jinbun Shoin, 2011)

"EU Regulatory Power" (co-author, Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha, 2012)

"100 Books to Think About Peace +α" (co-author, Horitsu Bunkasha, 2013)

"Historical Development of the Concept of Politics, Vol. 7" (co-author, Koyoshobo, 2015)

"Democracy and Security: Rethinking Politics in the Age of Globalization" (co-author, Horitsu Bunkasha, 2018)

His publications include "Is International Politics Over? A Response from Japan" (co-author, Nakanishiya Publishing, 2018).

paper

"Issues of Governability from the Perspective of Passports and Visas: Acceleration of Mobility and Deepening of Control through E-Passports and Confinement to the African Continent" (peer reviewed), International Politics (155), 2009

"A Genealogy of Japan’s Governance under the U.S. Nuclear Regime: An Approach from the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment-Network," East Asian Review(15), 2014。

"The Emergence of 'Planetary Politics' from the Perspective of Climate Change: Reassessing Theoretical Presuppositions to Address the 'Anthropocene' Era" (peer reviewed), Border Studies (8), 2018

“From structural violence to ‘slow violence’: Towards a renewal of space-time understanding for planetary peace studies” (peer reviewed), Peace Studies (54), 2020, etc.

translation

Johan Galtung, "Introduction to a Grand Theory: A Mini-Theory of Peace," Introduction to a Grand Theory of Peace (ICU 21st Century COE Series), Fukōsha, 2007.

John G. Ruggie, Winning the Peace: How America Built the Postwar Order (translated with Yoshimitsu Onozuka), Iwanami Shoten, 2009

Richard Falk, Power Shift: Towards a New World Order (co-translated with Chiba Makoto et al.), Iwanami Shoten, 2020, etc.

"All men of depth have the blissful thought of one day becoming like a flying fish, frolicking on the edge of the waves." Nietzsche, "The Joyful Knowledge", p. 256
If you have time, please read and continue to think. I feel a growing sense of crisis that freedom is only found there. But at the same time, it should be a fun task. Why not experience the joy of rediscovering the world over and over again? Anyway, let's talk.