Close Reading of Pansophia of Johannes Amos Comenius (2)

Shinichi Sohma

This is the first step in a project for the close reading of the Pansophia
 the third part of the 17th century Czech thinker Johannes Amos Comenius’s major work in his later years
 entitled De rerum humanarum emandatione concultatio catholica.In the former part of this paper
 the author has outlined how Pansophia has been dealt with in pedagogical writings in Japan.　Generally speaking
 major pedagogists in Japan have tended to give Pansophia a negative evaluation.　However
 this is influenced in no small part by misunderstandings that lacked enough references to Comenius’ text itself
 as well as by the trends in education and pedagogical debates at the time.In the second part of this paper
 the author followed up on previous researches on Pansophia in Japan.　Post-war era
 when Pansophia became known in Japan
 was a time when Marxist-based pedagogy research was thriving
 and the research on Pansophia during this period was
 more or less
 a modernization of Comenius.　This is why a reinterpretation through a close reading of Pansophia is required.

Studies in the Humanities and Sciences
 Hiroshima Shudo University

広島修道大学

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