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The First Research Seminar of the College of International Relations in 2014
The First Research Seminar of the College of International
Relations in 2014 was held on 3rd June, 2014 at
Koshinkan Room 733. The first presentation in this academic year was “The
Politics of Evil” by Associate Professor Andrea De Antoni specialist of
Cultural anthropology and Science of religion. He spoke about the concepts of
“Discourse” and “Power” with reference to “幽霊ghosts”
and “妖怪(monsters)” in Japan and in the catholic exorcism in
Italy. He picked up some cases in Japanese and Italian folklore and explained
that the “Discourse” on what is “natural” or “supernatural” is formed by
specific politics and associations related to power in the process of
modernization.