| Description |
xx, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion |
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SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human body (Philosophy) -- Asia -- History.
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Mind and body -- Asia -- History.
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Self (Philosophy) -- Asia -- History.
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| Author |
Ames, Roger T., 1947-
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Dissanayake, Wimal.
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Kasulis, Thomas P., 1948-
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| LC no. |
91026009 |
| ISBN |
079141079X (hard : alk. paper) |
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0791410803 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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