Value Sociology

Author: (Japanese) Satake Keiichi
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Publishing Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Value Sociology is a sociological monograph written by the renowned Japanese sociologist Professor Satake Keiichi from 1952 to 1971. This monograph records and analyzes the thoughts and emphasis on value issues during the period when people in post-war Japan experienced significant shifts in their values from multiple perspectives. The book not only theoretically elaborates on the special role and position of value in human behavior, especially in the formation, development, and change of social and individual systems, presenting us with the sociological significance of value, but also opens a window for us to observe and understand post-war Japanese society and the behavioral characteristics of Japanese people through the author's specific analysis of Japanese society using the aforementioned theories. Furthermore, it provides an important clue or perspective for us to understand the value origins of the Japanese social system and the behavioral characteristics of Japanese people. After its publication, the book sparked significant interest in the Japanese academic community and has been reprinted multiple times. While Professor Satake's focus on value issues is primarily based on Japanese and Western societies, the concept of value itself, including its sociological significance and the theoretical analytical framework related to value, is not a problem confined to one country but rather exists in every society. This is also the reason why we translated this book into Chinese for Chinese readers. In other words, our goal is to remind readers to reflect on the sociological significance of value in China and the value-oriented characteristics of Chinese social behavior and the social system by the arguments and methods provided in this book. The structure of this book is divided into two parts. The first part is a theoretical analysis of value, while the second part examines Japanese society using these theories. In the first part, the author first provides a sociological conceptual definition of value. Generally, value refers to objects or groups of objects that can evoke desires. However, the author argues that a rigorous sociological definition of value should be given. Following the views of sociologist G. Simmel, the author believes that value arises when certain possible goals are sacrificed (or excluded) during the selection of objectives. For example, the value of mountain climbing arises from the sacrifice of time and energy that could have been used for other purposes. The author argues that before selecting objectives, there exists a selection of a series of objectives, i.e., the need to determine the direction of objective selection. There are three main ways to determine the direction of objective selection: "means to achieve goals," "consistent concepts," and "appropriate desire satisfaction." Based on this, the author proposes the final principle of objective (value) selection, namely "the effectiveness of means as a means," "the consistency of value," and "the suitability of desire satisfaction." Among these, the second one is a narrow definition of value, which, together with the effectiveness value of the first type and the suitability value of the third type, constitutes the three series of values. 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