オバーグ アンドリュー（研究者情報）

OBERG Andrew

研究者略歴

研究SEEDS

研究テーマ

現象学、宗教と美術の哲学 (Phenomenology, Philosophy of Religion and Art)

研究概要

My current project is a reconstruction of Christianity along historical-critical lines that seeks to resituate it and re-apply it as an ethical rather than soteriological movement, fitted with an alternate metaphysics that abandons the dogmatic need for any set of beliefs in favor of a looser and more open "weak theology", following John D Caputo's ground clearing work and based on phenomenological methodologies. My contention is that since there is no objective or neutral view possible in the human case, gatherable empirical data can be useful and helpful but cannot allow us to discover ultimate and universal truths (although they can point in such directions, however unknown these must remain in the human condition). To be alive and aware in the way that we are is to be consciously experiential, and these phenomena are what counts most in the shaping of our lives. Thus there exist degrees and levels of "reality" and "truth" for human beings that do not apply to other creatures. Taking this approach into the phenomenology of religion - specifically in the Christian case as expanded from Judaic foundations - I seek the argument for a different comprehension of divinity and divine-human relating, while admitting that "divine" may be more of a "call" than a being or even Being. From this "weak" but “meaty” philo-theological perspective I seek to place human responsibility central for the bringing about of "the kingdom" (understood as a social project) that the personage Yeshua/Jesus is reported to have taught, and moreover within that to reduce Christology to the most minimal extent such that the Christian faith is able to be re-folded (or returned) back into the Jewish context from which it emerged, thereby making the audacious call for a single religiosity where for centuries two very separate practices have been encompassed. Out of this, indeed, further "re-foldings" may be possible, and a re-understanding and re-orientation towards religion writ large made conceivable.

相談可能な領域

Philosophy, Applied philosophy/ethics (including social/environmental aspects and issues), World religions,
Academic writing, Methodologies in education

キーワード

Philosophy, The self, Mind, Phenomenology, Religion, Critical thinking and writing

研究業績

主要研究論文

・Oberg Andrew：Milking Zen: Lasky’s evocations, Zen’s “only/now”, and the limits of language,
　Humanismus, 31, pp. 16-34 (2020)

・Oberg Andrew：The Crucifix and the candle: Gschwandtner on (lived) Orthodox liturgy,
　Phenomenological Reviews, March 01, <https://reviews.ophen.org/2020/03/01/christina-m-gschwandtner-welcoming-finitude-toward-a-phenomenology-of-orthodox-liturgy/>, (2020)

・Oberg Andrew：Facing a form of/formed God: Japan’s Hidden Christians and usages of the image –
　a phenomenological perspective, Cultural Studies, 8, pp. 31-72 (2020)

・Oberg Andrew：Rereading the “Vineyard” parable: Squeezing the grapes of a fresh hermeneutic for
　a radical “kingdom” and a “weak” God, Bulletin of the University of Kochi, 69, pp. 17-35 (2020)

・Oberg Andrew：Asymmetry, suffering, and coping: Running alongside Benatar, Journal of the Philosophy
　of Life, 9(2), pp. 1-21 (2019)

・Oberg Andrew：Prescience and an early death, Think, 18(53), pp. 34-42 (2019)

・Oberg Andrew：Approaches to finitude: Death, self, others, Journal of Applied Ethics and Philosophy, 10,
　pp. 8-17 (2019)

・Oberg Andrew：No way but in: The phenomenology of a short poem, Humanismus, 30, pp. 15-30
　(2019)

・Oberg Andrew：A meditation on the benefits of mysticism, Cultural Studies, 7, pp. 39-49 (2019)

・Oberg Andrew：Time and lived time, time and the self, Bulletin of the University of Kochi, 68, pp. 1-19
　(2019)

・Oberg Andrew：Preliminary report on the Joint Tosa Folklore Research Project: Use and approaches of
　Virgin Mary Statuary, then and now – a Tosa perspective, Cultural Studies, 7, pp. 89-100 (2019)

・Oberg Andrew：On reading poetry, Humanismus, 29, pp. 24-34 (2018)

・Oberg Andrew：The Phenomenology of sexual desire and the ethics of relation, Cultural Studies, 6,
　pp. 35-48 (2018)

・Oberg Andrew：Talking about consciousness, Bulletin of the University of Kochi, 67, pp. 1-11 (2018)

・Oberg Andrew：Enlightening your laptop: Machine selves and a “real” Buddhist self?, Journal of the
　Korean Association for Buddhist Studies, Special Issue: Encounter of Buddhism & the 4th Industrial
　Revolution, pp. 504-537, Korean translation pp. 539-569 (2017)

・Oberg Andrew：Dreaming of AI lovers, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 24(1), pp. 15-28 (2017)

・Oberg Andrew：Tweeting phenomenology: An ode to Kurt Vonnegut. Philosopher, October 15, (2017)

・Oberg Andrew：(2017). Thinking unempirically, Philosopher, July 03, (2017)

・Oberg Andrew：Reading Sylvia Plath: Does knowing about an artist help us appreciate their work?,
　Cultural Studies, 5, pp. 21-40 (2017)

・Oberg Andrew：How realist was Hume’s self?: A critique of Kristjánsson on Hume, Bulletin of the
　University of Kochi, 66, pp. 67-77 (2017)

・Oberg Andrew：Wanting someone, or A Question of interpersonal equality, Philosopher,
　November 02, (2016)

・Oberg Andrew：All too human?: Speciesism, racism, and sexism, Think, 15(43), pp. 39-50 (2016)

・Oberg Andrew：Living while dying: Reflections on death’s harm, finitude, meaning, and uncertainty,
　Journal of International Philosophy, 5, pp. 325-339 (2016)

・Oberg Andrew：Taiji and dolphins: Cultural relativism or moral realism?, Journal of Regional
　Development Studies, 19, pp. 57-68 (2016)

・Oberg Andrew：Corporate totalitarianism, Philosopher, March 05, (2016)

・Oberg Andrew：Interpersonal violence and the groupish drive, Surugadai University Studies, 51,
　pp. 81-102 (2016)

・Oberg Andrew：A realist self?, Journal of Applied Ethics and Philosophy, 7, pp. 24-33 (2015)

・Oberg Andrew：That which ought not to ought to have been (done). What?: Would’ves, could’ves,
　and should’ves, Philosopher, June 09, (2015)

・Oberg Andrew：Reconsidering euthanasia: For a right to be euthanized and for recognizing alternative
　end of life methods, Journal of International Philosophy, 4, pp. 297-305 (2015)

・Oberg Andrew：Ethical considerations for Japanese students doing short-term charity work abroad,
　Journal of Regional Development Studies, 18, pp. 77-87 (2015)

主な著書

【Books】
・Oberg Andrew：Blurred: Selves Made and Selves Making, 268 pp. (2020), Brill Academic, Leiden,
　The Netherlands

・Glavar Helmut & Oberg Andrew：Father Forgive Us, for We Know Not What We Do, 281 pp. (2020),
　Ausam Books, Rio de Janeiro

・Oberg Andrew：Moonshadows, 457 pp. (2019), Drugstore Books, Seoul

・Oberg Andrew：Freedom’s Mask, 592 pp. (2017), Drugstore Books, Seoul

【Book Chapters】
・Oberg Andrew：“The Urakami “Fourth Wave” Persecution and the Tosa Domain: Hidden Christians, Maria
　Kannon statues, and the flow of history and faith” in 講演・シンポジウム：民話について考える：言語文化の
　視座から[Symposium Proceedings: Thinking about Folklore: From the Viewpoint of Linguistic Culture],
　ed. by Naokazu Hashio, pp. 23-27 (2020), Kochi University Press, Kochi

・Oberg Andrew：“The Benefits of Being Watched”, in Morality and Moral Controversies: Readings in Moral,
　Social, and Political Philosophy, 10th edn, edited by Steven Scalet and John Arthur, pp. 532-541 (2019),
　Routledge/Taylor & Francis, New York

・Oberg Andrew：「高知における倫理的食べ方」in 『大学的高知ガイド』, edited by Naokazu Hashio,
　Chiho Utsunomiya, Yoshinari Yamaguchi, Naoto Kikuchi, and Shingo Iitaka, pp. 274-276 (2019),
　Shōwadō, Kyoto

【Textbook】
・Oberg Andrew & Joos Joël： The Essential Essay Experience – Steps Towards Academic Writing：Essays
　and Beyond, 229 pp. (2019), University of Kochi Press, Kochi

科学研究費

・研究課題：An Alternative Philosophical Realist Conception of the Self　
　研究種目：若手研究(B)
　研究期間：2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
　代表者　：オバーグ アンドリュー  高知県立大学 文化学部 講師

競争的資金など

・2018-2019 University of Kochi Presidential Enterprise Subsidy Grant. “Using Folklore in an
　Internationalized Cultural-Linguistic Return to Local Origins Educational Approach”.
　(Japanese title: 言語文化教育としての「民話」を活用した学術的・国際的な地域還元型教育)
　This was a joint research project undertaken with Professors Naokazu Hashio, Tsugio Inoue,
　Seisuke Takanishi, and Yuuya Tanaka.

・2018 Japan Association for Contemporary and Applied Philosophy Summer School Grant.
　“Minamata Disease and Contemporary Culture: An Approach from Kochi”.
　(Japanese title: 水俣と現代社会 高知からのアプローチ) This was a public lecture series held on 03-05
　September and jointly conducted with Professor Takashi Yoshikawa of the University of Kochi.

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