Itineraries of an Anthropologist
Studies in Honour of Massimo Raveri
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abstract
This book is being dedicated to Massimo Raveri on the occasion of his retirement. It is designed to recreate the various thematic itineraries that he has traced and followed in his career. Each of the essays included represents a topic in which Prof. Raveri has shown great interest, paving the way for further studies. In offering these essays to him, his friends and colleagues are both bearing witness to his interest in such topics and contributing to their study. Contributions by former students of Prof. Raveri’s further show how these fields of study are being developed in his footsteps.
Shugendō • Environmental sustainability • Mountain beliefs • Japanese Fascism • Japanology • Shin-shin-shūkyō • Fascism • Satoyama • Pilgrimage • Guru • Affect • Japanese Imperialism • Hiyoshi Taisha • Teachings • Path to salvation • Gagaku • Japanese shamanism • Amidist Buddhism • ‘Dialogical dialogue’ • Buddhist wisdom • Historiography • Buddhism and music • Goryōe • Apocalypticism • Japanese studies • Japanese religions • Mānasa Bhajare • Robots • Sutra of the Questions by Druma, King of the Kinna • Philosophical truth • Ritual • Sathya Sai Baba • Discourse analysis • Japan • Landscape • Iwashimizu Hachimangū • New-new religions • Kumano • Cultural heritage • Combinatory rituals • Contemporary Japan • Philosophy of pure positive • Aum Shinrikyō • Engi • First public discourse • Massimo Raveri • Kagura • Mindar • Second World War • Polythetic class • Anthropology of Japan • Social anthropology • Shaman • Asahara Shōkō • Oxford • History of thought • Philosophy of music (Japan) • Japanese Buddhism • AI • Armageddon • Shinbutsu