The Humanity in Depth

Writing like Goffman

The Meaning of Ethnography

Would Erving Goffman, who is one of the greatest sociologists, be happy if he sees human society in the 21st century?

Enlightenment

A Dubious Concept

As I walked, a car was coming from the opposite direction. We were not on a…

My Jesus Christ

When I was at the age of four or five, I was privileged to encounter Him.

We played a ball game like baseball on the playground of our kindergarten.

The game couldn’t be a serious one at all. We were just passing a free time.

Declarations

Self-interpreting Being

There is no other species than human beings who self-interpret innumerable interpretants called information.

Reflecting upon the present

Medium is unfortunately filled up with negative comments and prospects due to such events as the launch of Trump administration, the rise of right-wing movements, refugee problems and stagnant economies. However, many know that their comments are to be made for positive changes…

Irresponsible knowing

It sounds odd, really.

There must be the knowing subjects.

But, the term subject indicates it being subject to the predicate?

Then, doing cannot help being irresponsible or at least non-subjective?

Re-writing history

The aftermath of the launch of Trump administration finds George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ climbing up the chart of bestsellers in the US. Re-writing history is one of the critical themes that the incumbent authorities might be attempting as a means of controlling their subordinates.

Torus or open-endedness

Stories have respective beginnings and ends. However, readers’ interpretations can be infinite. Hence, stories are often described as open-ended.

Different from ancient times, stories have come to be possessed by specific authors, rather than common goods…