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The philosophical studies of Yamaguchi University Volume 16
published_at 2009-03-24

Religious model of human-animal relation : as connection of nature and culture

ヒトと動物が関係する宗教的モデル : 文化と自然のつながりから見て
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This article started from the basic question: when and why does the relation between human and animal can be "religious"? The question and analysis is based on the following major premise. Every single pattern of human-animal relation is religious, because all of these works based on the relation of nature and culture that is basic mechanism of the religion. Therefore, the real problem we have to solve is: what kind of religious mechanism could be represented by every pattern of human-animal relation...