On Searle’s notion of institutional facts: Can status function declarations create institutional facts? Introduction There is no doubt that John Searle has substantially contributed to social ontology. What he calls ‘The Philosophy of Soci…

What is ‘neoliberalism’, and how is it related to globalisation? In the last three decades, the concept of neoliberalism has become increasingly familiar, but the term has been employed in a nuanced way. Interestingly, ‘there does not seem…

良い街には象徴がある。出来事、風景、食に人物。そこに人が集い、衣食住という営みを継続的に行う空間ならば、その街を凝縮し表象するような象徴が生まれてくる。エッフェル塔を見ればそこにはパリの街が広がっているとわかるし、ビッグベンを見ればそこは…