| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
Liberal Arts Education Program |
| Lecture Code |
62052001 |
Subject Classification |
Area Courses |
| Subject Name |
現代社会と経済 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ゲンダイシャカイトケイザイ |
Subject Name in
English |
Contemporary Society and Economy |
| Instructor |
LEE DONG SUK |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
イ トンソク |
| Campus |
Across Campuses (videoconferencing, etc.) |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(4T) Thur1-4：Online |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Online (on-demand) |
| Non media Oral Presentation |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
2
:
Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
24
:
Social Sciences |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
03
:
Economics |
| Eligible Students |
１年生 |
| Keywords |
Money form、Credit system、Shift towards a service industry、Society with exclusionary differences、Rights to live |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education | Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences) Category：Law / Political Sciences / Sociology / Economics / EducationTo understand the conversion process of the world economic system due to the information revolution, the continuity and intermittency of the global industrial economic system since the Industrial Revolution will be discussed. Understanding the mechanism that 99% of the population either has their rights to live reduced, taken away or lost, the aims of cultural education pf seeking for a coexistent society will be met. |
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| Expected Outcome | Principles of Economics by Obata Michiaki will be used to expound the fundamental ideas and modern significance of Karl Marx’s Das Capital. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Understanding the mechanisms of centralisation of wealth and exclusionary differences by observing commercialisation, securitisation, outsourcing and renormalisation of services since the 1980s. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1 Orientation：Subject, method and structure of Economic Principles
lesson2 Part I “Circulation Theory” Chapter 1：Product①
lesson3 Chapter 1：Product②
lesson4 Chapter 2：Currency①
lesson5 Chapter 2：Currency②
lesson6 Chapter 3：Capital
lesson7 Part II “Production Theory” Chapter 1：Labour
lesson8 Chapter 2：Production
lesson9 Chapter 3：Accumulation
lesson10 Part III “Structural Theory” Chapter 1：Price Mechanism
lesson11 Chapter 2：Market Mechanism
lesson12 Chapter 3：Business cycle
lesson13 Addendum①：3 branch expansion reproduction schema
lesson14 Addendum②：3 branch expansion reproduction schema
lesson15 Addendum③：3 branch expansion reproduction schema
Non examination |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Obata Michiaki,Principles of Economics、Tokyo Univ.,2014 |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams |
| (More Details) |
Non media Oral Presentation |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning) |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
The representative to summarise and points of issue in the text’s lesson2-12 due.
Actively participate in the discussions in the text’s lesson13-15 .
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| Requirements |
Résumé due 17:00, Sunday before class. Send to dslee@hiroshima-u.ac.jp（Subject：現代社会と経済）
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| Grading Method |
Résumé＋PBL results |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
Understand that the centralisation of wealth and exclusionary differences are accelerating thoroughly, and work towards the recovery for a community with 99% of the people having the right to live. |
| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |