Spirits and animism in contemporary Japan : the invisible empire /: the invisible empire. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Fabio Rambelli.
• Editors: Rambelli, Fabio
• Contents: Changing images of the world after death / Sato Hiroo -- The mystical "occident", or the vibrations of "modernity" in the mirror of Japanese thought / Jason A. Josephson-Storm -- A metaphysics of the invisible realm: Minakata Kumagusu on spirits, molds, and the cosmic mandala / Fabio Rambelli -- New religious movements, the media, and "Japanese animism" / Ioannis Gaitanidis -- Animated city: life force, guardians, and contemporary architecture in Kyoto / Ellen Van Goethem -- Essays in vagueness: aspects of diffuse religiosity in Japan / Carina Roth -- Came back hounded: a spectrum of experiences with spirits and Inugami possession in contemporary Japan / Andrea de Antoni -- The spirit(s) of modern Japanese fiction / Rebecca Suter -- Techno-animism: Japanese media artists and their Buddhist and Shinto legacy / Mauro Arrighi -- Spirit/medium: critically examining the relationship between animism and animation / Jolyon Thomas -- From your name to Shin-Gojira: spiritual crisscrossing, spatial soteriology, and catastrophic identity in contemporary Japanese visual culture / Andrea Castiglioni.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 147; Animism -- Japan; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350097124; 1350097128; 9781350097117
• Related ISBNs: 135009711X; 9781350097094; 9781350097100
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.