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vitalism [′vīd·əl‚iz·əm] (biology) The theory that the activities of a living organism are under the guidance of an agency which has none of the attributes of matter or energy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One of his most interesting cases is that of Shinto, in his final chapter (10), which he analyzes in terms of anthropological formulations of animism to highlight the vitalistic cosmology at the core of Shintoism; he then explores its subversive politics, which rendered it difficult for the Japanese state to appropriate a bureaucratic state Shinto. Of the latter only Ludwig Klages' vitalistic and anti-rationalistic characterology was widely acclaimed. Mid-seventeenth-century concerns regarding agency and organization enabled the vitalistic philosophy of self-motion to provide a discourse for nonhierarchical and inclusive political association. |
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