Folk Studies - Minka

Japanese: 民科 - みんか

Abbreviation for the Association of Democratic Scientists. Founded in Tokyo on January 12, 1946. A wide range of researchers, mainly Marxists, who had been deprived of academic freedom during the war, joined the association. Its first president was Ogura Kinnosuke. At the time of its founding, reflecting on its failure to prevent the war of aggression, the association aimed to "build democratic science" by "gathering the scientific desires of the people," "fighting against anti-democratic educational systems, policies, and ideologies," and "mobilizing science for the lives and culture of the people." It established committees in the fields of natural science, social science, and art, and published journals such as "Democratic Science," "Theory" (philosophy committee), and "Historical Review" (history committee).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

民主主義科学者協会の略称。1946年1月12日に東京で創立。戦時中に学問の自由を奪われていた広範な研究者がマルクス主義者を中心に参加した。初代会長は小倉金之助。創立時には，侵略戦争を阻止できなかったことを反省し，〈民衆の科学的欲求の結集〉〈反民主主義的な文教制度･政策･思想との闘争〉〈民衆の生活と文化のための科学の動員〉など〈民主主義科学の建設〉を目的とした。自然科学，社会科学や芸術部門の部会が設けられ，《民主主義科学》や《理論》(哲学部会)，《歴史評論》(歴史部会)などの機関誌を刊行する。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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