Systematic research on "religion "of the Italian school of History of religions

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26770026
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Religious studies
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: EGAWA JUNICHI 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 研究員 (40636693)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: イタリア宗教史学 / 宗教学 / ペッタッツォーニ / ファシズム / 呪術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research project was to explore how the Italian school of History of religions was formed, and how the methodology of its founder, Raffaele Pettazzoni, was succeed to his disciples (Ernesto de Martino, Angelo Brelich, Ugo Bianchi, Dario Sabbatucci, and Vittorio Lanternari). I demonstrated that they share the common feature. They use the concepts of "religions(religioni)", "magic(magia)", "rite(rito)", "myth(mito)", and investigate synthetically, adopting an approach of historicism with comparative method.

Free Research Field

宗教学