20.500.12556/RUL-188302 Beyond Conventional Intimacy: Rethinking the Boundaries of Intimate Connection in Contemporary Japan Onkraj konvencionalne intimnosti: Premislek o mejah intimne povezanosti na sodobnem Japonskem This thesis explores how intimacy is being reinterpreted in Japan as conventional forms of intimacy associated with marriage and family formation become increasingly difficult to maintain, contributing to an ageing demographic. It first examines the structural conditions shaping individuals’ decisions to remain single, avoid long-term relationships, and choose not to start families. Having established the social and structural context contributing to the decline in conventional forms of intimacy, the thesis then examines relationality within commercial sexual labour, demonstrating how intimacy can be purchased and repackaged through both physical and emotional labour. Finally, it explores posthuman, technological and fiction-mediated forms of relationality, arguing that intimacy can be further reimagined and may evolve, challenging conventional understandings of authentic intimate connection as exclusively human. Delo raziskuje procese preoblikovanja in reinterpretacije intimnosti na Japonskem v času, ko postajajo konvencionalne oblike intimnosti, povezane s poroko in oblikovanjem družine, vse manj vzdržne, kar prispeva k demografskemu staranju države. Najprej razišče strukturne pogoje, ki vplivajo na odločitve posameznikov, da ostanejo samski, se odpovejo dolgoročnim partnerskim odnosom in se odločijo, da ne bodo ustvarili družine. Po vzpostavitvi družbenega in strukturnega konteksta, ki prispeva k demografskim izzivom Japonske, delo razišče relacionalnost v okviru komercialnega spolnega dela ter prikaže, kako je mogoče intimnost kupiti in preoblikovati tako s fizičnim kot čustvenim delom. Raziskava se nato obrne k posthumanim, tehnološkim in s fikcijo posredovanim oblikam relacionalnosti ter pokaže možnosti za nadaljnje preoblikovanje in razvoj intimnosti, s čimer izzove konvencionalna razumevanja pristne intimne povezanosti kot izključno človeške. Japan intimacy relationality commercial sexual labour posthumanism ageing society Japonska intimnost relacionalnost komercialno spolno delo posthumanizem starajoča se družba true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Magistrsko delo/naloga 2026-09-20 07:21:46 2026-09-20 07:21:51 2026-09-21 04:28:12 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 1970-01-01 631289 72122.pdf 72122.pdf 1 70F246F3A299C5532077C8BF75B6670E 0c7691ee6fb38ab30985ddf18ced5828f2b20268805dce84c208405f74f1a70f 20e7b866-b4b3-11f1-8bc5-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=248333 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0