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Practicing the Afterlife: Perspectives from Japan
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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Practicing the Afterlife: Perspectives from Japan ![]() ISBN 978-3-7001-3264-6 Print Edition doi:10.1553/3-7001-3264-6
2004 536 Seiten + 8 Farbtafeln, 24x15cm, broschiert, Sitzungsberichte der phil.-hist. Klasse 713, Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens 42 € 69,80 Susanne Formanek is senior researcher at the Institut für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften William Lafleur is Professor at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania How do people in Japan conceive of life after death? Although many Japanese today claim that on their archipelago there has never been much interest in this topic, the evidence presented here shows otherwise. Documenting a rich range of historical as well as contemporary scenarios that present life as going on after death, these essays also show individuals and whole communities acting on the belief that the line between the living and the dead is porous and that it makes sense even now to practice the “life” one will have after becoming dead. They thus not only bring forward aspects of Japan obscured until now, but also can contribute to our own current discussions of life, dying, and death.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Postgasse 7/4
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3402-3406, +43-1-512 9050, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |