Antoine Hennion's Mediation Theory

These days, people's musical activities are becoming increasingly diversified and fluidized against the backdrop of the spread of the Internet and the globalization of consumer markets. As a result, sociology needs a new framework that is appropriate for dealing with the musical activities of people. In this paper, we will explore how to build such a framework based on the works of Antoine Hennion, a French sociologist who mainly engaged in music research. Hennion's approach to sociology goes beyond the boundaries of research subjects. Indeed, he investigates various genres of music including rock, pop, classic, baroque, rap and techno. He also examines the production and consumption of music, paying close attention to the intermediary forms between them. Hennion's work is known internationally in the fields of music sociology and culture. However, his name is not so well known in Japanese academic fields. Starting with a brief overview of the conflict between aestheticism and sociologism, which Hennion seeks