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Xxvi Xxvixxvixxvi XXXXVIXXXXVIVIVI XXVI XXVIXXVIXXVI XX XXXX XX 26 2626 26 XXXXVIII 201720192016 UDK 2+17 (066) (08) Re 515 Reliģiski-filozofisku rakstu speciālizdevums Dinamiskā Āzija (Dynamic Asia) sagatavots ar Latvijas Universitātes Akadēmiskās attīstības projekta AAP2019/38 un Japānas fonda (Japan Foundation) finansiālu atbalstu. Izdevums rekomendēts publicēšanai ar LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūta Zinātniskās padomes 2019. gada 3. aprīļa sēdes lēmumu. Galvenā redaktore: Solveiga Krūmiņa-Koņkova Atbildīgie redaktori par speciālizdevumu – Jānis Priede un Kaspars Kļaviņš Literārā redaktore: Andra Damberga Maketētāja: Andra Liepiņa Vāka dizaina autori: Kārlis Koņkovs, Matīss Kūlis Izdevumā izmantoti fotoattēli no rakstu autoru personiskajiem arhīviem. Zinātniskās redakcijas kolēģija Latvijas Universitāte: Dr. phil. Ella Buceniece; Dr. phil. Solveiga Krūmiņa-Koņkova; Dr. habil. phil. akadēmiķe, profesore Maija Kūle; Dr. hist. eccl. docents Andris Priede; Dr. habil. phil. Māra Rubene; Dr. hist. Inese Runce; Dr. phil. akadēmiķis, profesors Igors Šuvajevs Ārzemju locekļi: Ekaterina Anastasova, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with the Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria; Eileen Barker, Ph.D., OBE, FBA, Professor of Sociology with Special Reference to Study of Religion, The London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.; Gloria Durka, Ph.D., Professor, Director, PhD. Program in Religious Education, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, Fordham University, U.S.A.; Massimo Introvigne, Ph.D., Director of The Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), Torino, Italia; Tõnu Lehtsaar, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Tartu, Estonia; Massimo Leone, Ph.D., Dr. hist. art, Research Professor of Semiotics and Cultural Semiotics at the Department of Philosophy, University of Torino, Italy; Sebastian Rimestad, Ph.D., University of Erfurt, Germany; Dalia Maria Stančienė, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Philosophy and Culture Studies, Klaipeda University, Lithuania Reliģiski-filozofiski rakstiir anonīmi recenzēts periodisks izdevums ar starptautisku zinātniskās redakcijas kolēģiju. Tā mērķis ir padziļināt lasītāju zināšanas par reliģiski filozofisko ideju vēsturi, attīstību mūsdienās un to vietu Latvijas un Eiropas kultūrā. Iznāk vismaz vienu reizi gadā latviešu un angļu valodā. Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti pieejami arī Centrālās un Austrumeiropas Interneta bibliotēkā (Central and Eastern European Online Library, CEEOL), EBSCO un SCOPUS datubāzē. Religious-Philosophical Articles is a double-blind peer-reviewed periodical with an international editorial board. It publishes articles aimed at deepening readers’ knowledge and understanding on the history of religious- philosophical ideas, their development in nowadays and their place in the Latvian and European culture. It is published at least once a year in Latvian and English. Editions of Religious-Philosophical Articles are available in Central and Eastern European Online Library, CEEOL, as well as EBSCO and SCOPUS databases. © Latvijas Universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts, 2019 ISSN 1407-1908 CONTENTS Jānis Priede, Kaspars Kļaviņš Introduction. Dynamic Asia: Shaping the Future. Religious Philosophical Articles, Volume XXVI ............... 5 Agnese Haijima Traditional Elements in Contemporary Japanese Architecture and Interior Design with Focus on Fujimori Terunobu and Kengo Kuma ..................... 7 Natālija Abrola Origins and Proliferation of Indic Sciences in Latvia ............ 40 Darima Amogolonova Buddhism in the Russian Desecularization Processes (Materials of Buryatia) ................................... 68 Pierrick Porchet Process of Institualization in Chinese Martial Arts: the Case of its Ranking System ............................. 82 Olga Mazo Hedgehog Spirits in Traditional Chinese Culture and Today ..... 93 Līga Sakse On the Japanese Floral Photography in the 21st Century ......... 109 Tomasz Sleziak Sages – Dead or Alive? Relevance of Confucianism in Studies of South Korean Modernity ....................... 133 Kaspars Kļaviņš Korean Dangun and Latvian Bearslayer – Two Bear-Man Hero Myths ............................... 155 Linas Didvalis “The Most Warlike Nation” from “Heavenly Beautiful” Islands: Japan in Matas Šalčius’s Travels ...................... 168 Savannah Rivka Powell Divine Acts of Power: Intersectionality of Gender and Spirituality of Miko, Ainu and Ryūkyūan Traditions of Japan ..... 185 Kristina Dolinina The Stylistic Schools in Kathak Dance: Tradition and Transformation .............................. 201 Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn, Maynadi Kyaw From “Giraffe Women” to “Long-Necked Karen”. Kayan Women’s Journey io Agency in the Thai-Myanmar Borderlands ............................ 224 Raminta Lisauskaitė Asian Refugee Women: Adapting Female Lifestyles ............ 244 Evgeniia Drozhashchikh Space Race 2.0. Shifting to Asia ............................ 258 Māris Kūlis Philosophical Challenges of Western Philosophy and Values in Face of Modern Terrorism (Islamic State and Al-Qaeda) ...... 282 Leons Taivans Antropologist Geertz, General Suharto and the Islamization of Muslim Indonesia ..................................... 297 Ingrida Kleinhofa The Chronicles of Double Un-Belonging: Representations of Hybrid Identity in Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf .............................. 310 Jānis Priede, Kaspars Kļaviņš. Introduction. Dynamic Asia: Shaping the Future Jānis Priede Kaspars Kļaviņš INTRODUCTION DYNAMIC ASIA: SHAPING THE FUTURE. RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHICAL ARTICLES, VOLUME XXVI The tradition established with Religious-Philosophical Articles, Volume XVIII continues in the current Volume XXVI, which is dedicated to the themes discussed during the scientific conference Dynamic Asia: Shaping the Future that took place in Riga on 13–15 April 2018, and were further explored after this conference. The conference was organised on a wider scale than previously – as a cooperation event between the Latvian Society for the Study of Religions and the Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies. The origins of the society date back to the Society for Philosophy and Religion established under the auspices of the University of Latvia in 1922. The association organized presentations on theological, religious, scientific, and ethical issues. In 1939, the society re-registered under the name Society of Religious Sciences. The Soviet occupation started on 17 June of 1940, and the society was closed down on 14 November of 1940. The society’s activities resumed only in 2009 with establishment of the Latvian Society for the Study of Religions. Its first international conference, Between East and West: Cultural and Religious Dialogue before, during and after the Totalitarian Rule in 2011 was attended by more than 55 researchers from 20 countries. Revised versions of selected conference 6 Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti XXVI papers were later published in a scholarly series by the University of Latvia. 1 The society’s second conference Between East and West: Youth, Religion, Politics was held in 2014. Select papers presented at the conference were published in a more extensive format in the Religious Philosophical Articles, Volume XVIII. The society’s third conference, Dynamic Asia: Shaping the Future, organised jointly with the third conference of Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies brought together more than 80 participants from 20 countries. The topics presented at the conference are reflected in the current volume. Many of these articles are dedicated to Japanese culture, where spiritual, material and routine aspects intermingle in all walks of life. The Far East topic is expanded in papers on Korea and South East Asia, while current matters of importance to the Islamic civilisation are treated in the context of the Near and Far East by analysing the problems caused by modernisation (including Islamism and terrorism) and unveiling the true causes of these phenomena, clashing with the stereotypes perpetuated in international media. The papers consider matters that are exceptionally varied and diverse, but each of them brings us all towards a more profound understanding of different cultures, reasserts the importance of human spirituality in the self-contradictory turmoil of a unidimensional, materialistic, globalised world. This special issue of the journal sees the light of day thanks to the initiative of Professor Agnese Haijima, as well as the financial support of the Japan Foundation and the University of Latvia. 1 Between East and West: Cultural and Religious Dialogue Before, During and After the Totalitarian Rule. The 1st international scientific conference of the Latvian Society for the Studies of Religion, University of Latvia, Riga, October 6–8, 2011, J. Priede (ed.)., Acta Universitatis Latviensis, Oriental Studies, 793, Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2013. Agnese Haijima. Traditional Elements in Contemporary Japanese Architecture Agnese Haijima TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN WITH FOCUS ON FUJIMORI TERUNOBU AND KENGO KUMA Introduction Contemporary Japanese architects and designers are among the leaders in their field in the world. In the last decade, a number of Japanese architects have been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, frequently referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. In 2010 it was awarded to SANAA, in 2013 to Itō Toyō, and in 2014 to Ban Shigeru, known for
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