Architecture and the 'Techniques of Ecstasy' : A personal anthropology of the new Japanese environment -- House/home: why is it we divide the world up into houses? -- House/ritual: the space of a Japanese house is activated by many ritual occasion -- Ritual affirming houses: one type of new Japanese house -- Mishima and Abe: For and against the ritual environment: a pause in the argument -- Ritual disaffirming houses: Part one: from the sanctum to the prison -- Ritual disaffirming houses: Part two: From the cosmic to the satanic -- But finally, is there a ritual affirming architecture? Is there a ritual disaffirming architecture?
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