A Comment on Dr. Kanji Ishii’s \u27The Historical Structure of Capitalistic Society of Japan\u27

日本経済史研究を先導してこられた石井寛治氏の『資本主義日本の歴史構造』は，研究史で十分掘り下げられていない論点を選んだ分析の深さ，方法的に試みられる「数量分析重視の最近の経済史的アプローチでもなければ伝統的な社会経済史的アプローチでもなく，新たな政治経済史的アプローチ」の鋭さ，歴史法則論・国家論の展開の大胆さ，そして，社会科学，歴史学の研究者が真正面から対峙すべき現代の課題の所在提示の鮮明さを特徴とした力作である．石井氏の問題提起について，評者の評価と見解を述べたい．Doctor Kanji Ishii, who has been an excellent leader of the research on Japanese economic history, newly published‘ The Historical Structure of Capitalistic Society of Japan’. The characteristic features of this book can be summarized in four points; the deepness of analysis of problems having been hitherto left less touched, the sharpness of the new approach named as the politico-economic approach different from the conventional economic history approach or the cliometrics approach, the boldness of presented theory of the historical trends and theory of the State, the clearness of the presentation of the critical issues with which all historians should struggle today. I will try to estimate the four point features and show my comments on these.論壇/Communicatio