Information

The final outcome of this workshop has been published as the special issue "Energetics Revisited" of Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan 28 (2018). For the availability of the issue and each contribution, please contact Hajime Inaba (Hajime.Inaba@gmail.com).

Date and Venue

• Date: March 17–18, 2017
• Venue: Room 208 of Building 14, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo
• Organizers: Hajime Inaba (JSPS/Tokyo) and Takehiko Hashimoto (Tokyo)

Program

March 17, 2017 (Fri.)

• 1300–1310: Opening Remarks
• 1310–1440: Ken'ichi Natsume (Kanazawa)
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica and the British Conception of Energetics
• 1440–1610: Paul Ziche (Utrecht)
  • Ostwald's energetics and the generalization of “science” around 1900
• 1610–1630 Coffee break
• 1630–1800: Matthias Neuber (Tübingen)
  • Ostwald's Energetic Theory of Culture
• Dinner (Lever Son Verre)

March 18, 2017 (Sat.; NB: The entrances of Bldg 14 are closed)

• 1000–1130: Hajime Inaba (JSPS/Tokyo)
  • Schlesinger's energeticism: From hypnosis to an energetic worldview
• Lunch
• 1300–1430: Igor Polianski (Ulm)
  • “Energetic Worldview” in Imperial Russia and early Soviet Union
• 1430–1600: Yoshiyuki Kikuchi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
  • Ikeda Kikunae and Reactions to Energetics in Japan
• 1600–1610 Break
• 1610–1710: General Discussions
• 1710–1720: Closing Remarks

Contact

Please send an email to Hajime Inaba (Hajime.Inaba@gmail.com).

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