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.
Historiography • Mānasa Bhajare • Shinbutsu • Shugendō • Pilgrimage • Sathya Sai Baba • Japanese shamanism • Affect • Goryōe • Polythetic class • Armageddon • Contemporary Japan • History of thought • Mindar • Oxford • Ritual • Kumano • Mountain beliefs • Philosophy of pure positive • Japanese studies • Asahara Shōkō • Japanese Buddhism • Philosophy of music (Japan) • Buddhism and music • Fascism • Sutra of the Questions by Druma, King of the Kinna • Iwashimizu Hachimangū • Satoyama • Teachings • Japanese Fascism • Path to salvation • Discourse analysis • Apocalypticism • Philosophical truth • Guru • Japanese Imperialism • AI • Anthropology of Japan • ‘Dialogical dialogue’ • Amidist Buddhism • Kagura • Combinatory rituals • Hiyoshi Taisha • Japan • Japanese religions • Environmental sustainability • Massimo Raveri • Robots • Cultural heritage • Buddhist wisdom • Landscape • First public discourse • Shaman • New-new religions • Second World War • Shin-shin-shūkyō • Social anthropology • Aum Shinrikyō • Japanology • Gagaku • Engi