
日本を代表するフェミニストで社会学者の上野千鶴子さんが、月刊誌『世界』8月号で憲法1条改憲を含む寄稿を発表し、象徴天皇制そのものの幕引きを求める考えを示した。これまで天皇制についての取材や執筆依頼を断ってきたが、今回初めてメディアで正面から発言した理由として、天皇制への国民の関心が薄れれば自然にフェードアウトすると考えてきた長年の戦略を変更したことを明かした。
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上野千鶴子さんは長年、天皇制についての取材や執筆依頼を断ってきた。これは、天皇制への国民の関心が薄れればいつか制度としてフェードアウトしていくと考えてきたからである。
日本の代表的なフェミニストで著名な社会学者でもある上野千鶴子さんが、象徴天皇制そのものの幕引きを求める提案を月刊誌で発表した。上野さんは長年、天皇制について沈黙を守ってきた。なぜ今、その戦略を変えたのか。皇室を取り巻く今の制度を、具体的にどう変えようとイメージしているのか。上野さんが今回、インタビューに応じた。
断ってきた、天皇制についての発言
――「憲法改正をするなら、第1条から手をつけるべきであろう」。そんな提言を含んだ寄稿を雑誌「世界」8月号で公表しましたね。ラジカルな天皇制議論をタブー視する傾向もある中、印象に残りました。
「天皇制についてメディアで正面から発言したのは初めてです。これまでは取材や執筆の依頼があっても、断ってきましたので」
「肯定的な意見であろうと否定的な意見であろうと、人々が天皇制について語れば語るほど、天皇制への国民の関心は高まります。私が発言を断ってきたのは、天皇制への関心が薄れ、いつか制度としてフェードアウトしていけばいいと、長年思ってきたからです」
――憲法1条は、天皇は日本国の象徴であり国民統合の象徴であると定めていますね。寄稿では1条改憲が提案されていましたが、具体的に何をどう変えるのかは書かれていませんでした。天皇制をなくそうという提案なのでしょうか。
象徴天皇制に幕引きを
「象徴天皇制に幕を引こうと…
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上野千鶴子の発言をきっかけに、天皇制についての公的な議論が活発化する
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憲法改正論議の中で、第1条についての具体的な改正案が提案される可能性が高まる
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