Curriculum Vitae

Address:

Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University
4-2 Aramaki-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8510
itoken@si.gunma-u.ac.jp

Born:

August 21, 1965

Education:

Teaching Experience:

Teachig and Research Interests:

Moral social theory, particularly the possibilities of Jürgen Habermas's theory of communicative action; critical social theory; sociological theories including theory of consumption of George Ritzer; theories of information society; problem of the teenagers' use of the Internet; cyber-bullying.

Association Memberships:

The Japan Sociological Society;
The Kantoh Sociological Society;
The Japan Association for the Study on the History of Sociolgy;
The Society of Socio-Informatics;
The Society for Sociological Theory in Japan;
International Sociological Association.

Foreign Language Skills:

English: reading and speaking fair
German: reading fair, speaking poor to fair

Publication: Books:

none

Publication: Articles and Chapters:

  1. 2009. Mar. "Structure of Theories of Consumer Society: Examination of Re-enchantment Theory by Ritzer," Journal of Social and Information Studies (Gunma Daigaku Shakai-joho Gakubu Kenkyuronshu), No. 16, pp. 27-37.
  2. 2008. Mar. "A problem of rationality in G. Ritzer: Denotation and connotation of McDonaldization theory," Journal of Social and Information Studies (Gunma Daigaku Shakai- joho Gakubu Kenkyuronshu), No. 15, pp. 13-23.
  3. 2007. Mar. "Irrationality of rational systems: Limit and possibility of the McDonaldization theory," Journal of Social and Information Studies (Gunma Daigaku Shakai-joho Gakubu Kenkyuronshu), No. 14, pp. 71-83.
  4. 2006. Mar. "Decay of the public space: The process of Informationizing of society and personalizing," Research of the Japan Model Construction of Electronic Democracy, Report of the Graint-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (TOMIYAMA Yoshinori ed.), pp. 85-96.4.
  5. 2005. Mar. "Society organized upon Anxiety: The Possibility of the Theory of Risk Society," Journal of Social and Information Studies (Gunma Daigaku Shakai-joho Gakubu Kenkyu- ronshu), No. 12, pp. 193-210.
  6. 2004. Mar. "The Role of Collective Identity in Making Public Sphere: a practical possibility of deliberative democracy," Inquiry into the practical possibility of social theories: Reports under the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Report of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (SUDO Naoki ed.) pp. 31-43.
  7. 2003. Mar. "Legitimacy and Stability of a Social Order: The Concept of Law in Habermas," Journal of Social and Information Studies (Gunma Daigaku Shakai-joho Gakubu Kenkyu- ronshu), No. 10, pp. 115-129.
  8. 2001. Jun. "Scope and Potency of Discourse Ethics: The Role of an Intellectual in J. Habermas," Studies on the History of Sociology (Shakaigakushi-Kenkyu), No. 23. pp. 97-108.
  9. 2000. Mar. "Discourse as a Device to Discover: The Meaning of Communication in Habermas's Theory." (Ph. D thesis)
  10. 1999. Jun. "A Device to Discover the Truth: The role of Communication in Habermas's Social Theory," The Annual Review of Sociology (Nenpoh Shakaigaku-Ronshu), No. 21, pp. 223-233.
  11. 1999. Jun. "What sustains 'Public Space': The Concept of 'Power' in Hannah Arendt," Studies on the History of Sociology (Shakaigakushi-Kenkyu), No. 21, pp. 63-74.
  12. 1997. Jul. "The Meaning of 'Requiring Consensus'," Sociologos, No. 21, pp. 200-217.
  13. 1996. Jul. "Prerequisites for Critical Social Theory: Habermas's Theoretical Breakthrough," Sociologos, No. 20, pp. 1-16.

Unpublished Papers:

  1. 2010. Mar. "Information Environment of students in Gunma Prefecture," Symposium on the problem of bullying in information society: Symposium Record, Gunma University, pp. 44-60.
  2. 2010. Mar. Reports on "prefectural survey for investigation and analysis of people's consciousness in Gunma prefecture", Jomo Shimbun Co. and Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University, pp. 11-14.
  3. 2009. May. Reports on comprehensive study of the developing mobile internet and change of intimate sphere, Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University, pp. 5-22, 25-31, 35-42, 48-53.
  4. 2009. Mar. Reports on "prefectural survey for investigation and analysis of people's consciousness in Gunma prefecture", Jomo Shimbun Co. and Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University, pp. 3-8.
  5. 2008. Mar. "Reports on schools' unofficial sites used by teenagers," Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/sports/ikusei/taisaku/1262855.htm.
  6. 2008. Mar. Reports on "prefectural survey for investigation and analysis of people's consciousness in Gunma prefecture", Jomo Shimbun Co. and Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University, pp. 6-9, 18-21.
  7. 2007. Mar. Reports on "prefectural survey for investigation and analysis of people's consciousness in Gunma prefecture", Jomo Shimbun Co. and Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University, pp. 5-12.
  8. 2006. Mar. "Second Modernity and Personalization of Society," Sociological Research on the Publicness in Aged Society, Report of the Graint-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (SEIYAMA Kazuo ed.), pp. 95-102.
  9. 2006. Mar. Reports on "prefectural survey for investigation and analysis of people's consciousness in Gunma prefecture", Jomo Shimbun Co. and Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University, pp. 8-20.
  10. 2005. Apr. "Public Sphere in Information Societies: Inquiry of its Possibility", Social and Information Studies at Gunma University, pp. 149-158.
  11. 2005. Mar. Reports on "prefectural survey for investigation and analysis of people's consciousness in Gunma prefecture", Jomo Shimbun Co. and Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University, pp. 7-19.
  12. 1990. Dec. "An Answer on the basis of action theory to Hobbes problem in Habermas's Social Theory," (Master thesis)
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