Self as body in Asian theory and practice / edited by Thomas P. Kasulis with Roger T. Ames and Wimal Dissanayake.
Contributor(s): Kasulis, Thomas P | Ames, Roger T | Dissanayake, Wimal
Material type: TextSeries: SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion: Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [1993]Copyright date: ©1993Description: xx, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 079141079X (hard : alk. paper); 0791410803 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Human body (Philosophy) -- Asia -- History | Self (Philosophy) -- Asia -- History | Mind and body -- Asia -- HistoryDDC classification: 128 LOC classification: B105.B64 | S45 1993Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | John Bulow Campbell Library | Midrange | B105.B64 S45 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182902091400 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The concept of body / Eliot Deutsch -- Body in social theory / Wimal Dissanayake -- Human embodiment / John M. Koller -- Indian bodies / Frits Staal -- The concept of body in "Ayurveda and the Hindu philososphical systems / Gerarld James Larson -- Self and body in Theravada Buddhism / Wimal Dissanayake -- The meaning of body in classical Chinese philosophy / Roger T. Ames -- The human body as a microcosmic source of macrocosmic values in calligraphy / John Hay -- Tales of Shen and Xin / Mark Elvin -- The body, Japanese style / Thomas P. Kasulis -- Two contemporary Japanese views of the body / Shigenori Nagatomo -- A contemporary scientific paradigm and the discovery of the inner cosmos / Yuasa Yasuo.