On the 3rd of July,2010,Professor Tadao Umesao passed away at the age of 90 years. Of his great and countless number of contributions to the establishment of comparative cultural studies that he left behind with us as his legacy, I would like to share with you today the major themes that have characterized his works along with my impression of his life and sentiments upon his passing.
1) Ecological view of the history of civilization, which gave the Japanese courage and hope
2) Prediction of the destructiveness and invasiveness of agro-pastoral cultures
3) The mountains, which were at the roots of Umesao’s philosophy of ethnology
4) Elimination of authoritarianism
5) A model for living in the aging society
6) Our age is in need of a genius surpassing Professor Umesao
雑誌名
比較文明研究
雑誌名(英)
Journal for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
梅棹忠夫先生を偲ぶ
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