Professor Fabio (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Rambelli 
Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan [EPUB ebook] 
The Invisible Empire

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This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary Japanese culture: the prevalence of discussions and representations of “spirits” (
tama or
tamashii). Ancestor cults have played a central role in Japanese culture and religion for many centuries; in recent decades, however, other phenomena have expanded and diversified the realm of Japanese animism. For example, many manga, anime, TV shows, literature, and art works deal with spirits, ghosts, or with an invisible dimension of reality. International contributors ask to what extent these are cultural forms created by the media for consumption, rather than manifestations of “traditional” ancestral spirituality in their adaptations to contemporary society.
Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan considers the modes of representations and the possible cultural meanings of spirits, as well as the metaphysical implications of contemporary Japanese ideas about spirits. The chapters offer analyses of specific cases of “animistic attitudes” in which the presence of spirits and spiritual forces is alleged, and attempt to trace cultural genealogies of those attitudes. In particular, they present various modes of representation of spirits (in contemporary art, architecture, visual culture, cinema, literature, diffuse spirituality) while at the same time addressing their underlying intellectual and religious assumptions.

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Формат EPUB ● Сторінки 240 ● ISBN 9781350097117 ● Редактор Professor Fabio (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Rambelli ● Видавець Bloomsbury Publishing ● Опубліковано 2019 ● Завантажувані 3 разів ● Валюта EUR ● Посвідчення особи 7028043 ● Захист від копіювання Adobe DRM
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