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Interno giapponese: tracce di un dialogo tra Oriente e Occidente
In: Strumenti di animazione missionaria
Ecstatic Time: Japanese Rites and Prayers
In: Culture and dialogue, Volume 6, Issue 1, p. 9-34
ISSN: 2468-3949
Abstract
To reflect on the concept of festival or simply on the duration of a ritual or a celebration inevitably leads one to consider the role of time not only for the festival itself, but also in relation to the distinction between the time of the celebration and the regular flow of ordinary time. The essay analyses this temporal arrhythmia whereby time quivers and is shaken out of its anonymous flow through the works of renowned authors as Mircea Eliade, Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner, as well as by considering particular instances in Japanese cultural practices such as rites, celebrations and festivals.
Infinity or Nothingness? An Encounter between Nishida Kitarō and Emmanuel Levinas
In: Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, Volume 11, Issue 3, p. 209-228
ISSN: 1363-0296
Infinity or nothingness? An encounter between Nishida Kitaro and Emmanuel Levinas
In: Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, Volume 11, Issue 3
ISSN: 1350-4630