Isbn: 9780521843386 - the ascetic self: subjectivity, memory and tradition (4 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. A 2004 approach to comparing religions (Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism), focusing on traditions of asceticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. . . 2004. First Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This 2004 book is about the ascetic self in the scriptural religions of Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism. The author claims that asceticism can be understood as the internalisation of tradition, the shaping of the narrative of a life in accordance with the narrative of tradition that might be seen as the performance of the memory of tradition. Such a performance contains an ambiguity or distance between the general intention to eradicate the will, or in some sense to erase the self, and the affirmation of will in ascetic performance such as weakening the body through fasting. Asceticism must therefore be seen in the context of ritual. The book also offers a paradigm for comparative religion more generally, one that avoids the inadequate choices of either examining religions through overarching categories on the one hand and the abandoning of any comparative endeavour that focuses purely on area-specific study on the other.…