Shigeru Nanbara

Political philosopher. Born in Kagawa Prefecture. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Tokyo Imperial University in 1914 (Taisho 3). Joined the Ministry of Home Affairs but returned to the University of Tokyo, where he became an associate professor in the Faculty of Law in 1921 and a professor in 1925. He sought his own political philosophy based on the study of non-church Christian faith, Plato, Kant, Fichte, and others, and made a sharp criticism of Nazism in "State and Religion" (1942). After World War II, he served as the president of the University of Tokyo from 1945 (Showa 20) to 1951. During that time, he was appointed to the House of Peers by Imperial Rule in 1946, and worked on reforming the education system. During the Cold War, he advocated a total peace, and in 1950 he debated Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru, who criticized him as a "man of learning to please the world." From the mid-1950s onwards, he devoted himself to writing, and wrote such works as "Fichte's Political Philosophy" (1959), "A History of Political Theory" (1962), and "Introduction to Political Philosophy" (1971). He also published a collection of tanka poems titled Keisou (1948). He became a member of the Japan Academy in 1946 and its president in 1970. He served as the first president of the Japanese Political Science Association from 1948 to 1960.

[Takamaro Hanzawa]

"The Collected Works of Nanbara Shigeru, 10 volumes (1973, Iwanami Shoten)" ▽ "Poetry Collection: Geiso (Iwanami Bunko)" ▽ "Collection of Nanbara Shigeru Letters, edited by Fukuda Kanichi (1987, Iwanami Shoten)"

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政治哲学者。香川県に生まれる。1914年（大正3）東京帝国大学法科卒業。内務省に入ったが東大に戻り、21年法学部助教授、25年教授。無教会主義キリスト教の信仰、プラトン、カント、フィヒテなどの研究のうえにたって自己の政治哲学を模索し、『国家と宗教』（1942）において鋭いナチズム批判を行った。第二次世界大戦後、45年（昭和20）より51年まで東大総長。その間46年に貴族院議員に勅選され、教育制度の改革にあたった。冷戦のなかで全面講和論を主張し、50年には「曲学阿世(きょくがくあせい)の徒」と非難する吉田茂首相と論争した。50年代中期以降は著作活動に専念し、『フィヒテの政治哲学』（1959）、『政治理論史』（1962）、『政治哲学序説』（1971）などを著した。また歌集『形相(けいそう)』（1948）もある。46年以降日本学士院会員、70年以降同会長。48年より60年まで日本政治学会初代理事長を務めた。

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『『南原繁著作集』全10巻（1973・岩波書店）』▽『『歌集　形相』（岩波文庫）』▽『福田歓一編『南原繁書簡集』（1987・岩波書店）』

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