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