[Popular Series] A Sociologist Takes on the Challenge! Ryosuke Nishida's In-Depth Reflections
Episode 30: The Majority is Always Radical! —Living as a "Moderate Minority" in an Era of Debate and Conformity
Guest: Tatsuru Uchida (Thinker/Martial Artist)

Sociologist Ryosuke Nishida hosts a series of dialogues where he invites guests from various fields to delve deeply into changes in discourse, culture, and society. The guest for the 30th episode is Tatsuru Uchida.

The disappearance of the relationship between the individual and society, children exhausted by the scrutinizing gaze, AI and education, the time axis of the smartphone era. Why have politics and society become so radical and lost their moderation? —Tatsuru Uchida and Ryosuke Nishida discuss the "present" era for 90 minutes. A must-see!

Guest: Tatsuru Uchida
Born in Tokyo in 1950. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kobe College, Professor Emeritus of Kobe College University, Director of Kaifukan. Graduated from the Department of French Literature, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo. He withdrew from the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University. His specialties are 20th-century French philosophy and literature, martial arts theory, and educational theory. He has received the Hideo Kobayashi Prize (for "Private Edition: A Study of Jewish Culture"), the Shinsho Grand Prize (for "A Study of the Japanese Periphery"), and the Juzo Itami Prize. His major works include "The Ethics of Hesitation," "Levinas and the Phenomenology of Love," "Structuralism You Can Learn While Sleeping," and "Structural Analysis of Film." His recent works include "Japan-Korea Cooperation: A Proposal for a New Community" (co-authored with Byung-Kwang Yoo) and "To Survive in a World Without Common Sense" (co-authored with Isoko Mochizuki).

Interviewer: Ryosuke Nishida
Born in 1983. Sociologist. Professor at the Faculty of Crisis Management, Nihon University. PhD (Policy and Media). Graduated from the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, completed the Master's program at the Graduate School of Policy and Media Studies, Keio University, and withdrew from the doctoral program after completing the required coursework. He previously served as an associate professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology before assuming his current position. His numerous publications include The Sociology of the Corona Crisis*, *Media and the Liberal Democratic Party*, *Is Japan's Future Really Okay? (co-authored), and The Path to Japan's Regeneration (co-authored). He offers sharp analyses of social issues, politics, and the media. His latest book is Soka Gakkai and Elections: Is That Really Okay?

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