Kinji Imanishi redefined the term “culture” to have bro…
タグ: 今西錦司
Encounter with Japanese macaques
Imanishi thought that direct observation of animals bas…
Obstacles to the understanding of human society
At the end of 19th century, some social scientists misc…
The Methodology of Kinji Imanishi
Imanishi and his students, Jun’ichiro Itani and Shunzo …
Gorillas attracted both Japanese and Western researchers
Ape research teams formed with financial support from t…
Goals set by Japanese primatology
In its early years, Japanese primatology had three rese…
How different is the human family from animal groups?
Alfred Espinas, the French philosopher and sociologist,…
サルのイモ洗いは「文化」か? ヒトの家族≠動物の群れ?
フランスの哲学者・社会学者であったアルフレッド・エスピナスは『動物社会』を著し、ヒトの家族とヒト以外の動物の群…
ニホンザルとの出会い
今西は、個体識別に基づく観察こそが、動物どうしのやり取りを記録する上で不可欠だと考えていた。 いくつかの哺乳類…