| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 148 pages) |
| Series |
European perspectives |
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European perspectives.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Introduction -- The Time of Life -- Eastern Teachings -- The Way of Breath -- Being I, Being We -- The Family Begins with Two -- Approaching the Other as Other -- Mixing: A Principle for Refounding Community -- Notes -- Series List |
| Summary |
With this book we see a philosopher well steeped in the Western tradition thinking through ancient Eastern disciplines, meditating on what it means to learn to breathe, and urging us all at the dawn of a new century to rediscover indigenous Asian cultures. Yogic tradition, according to Irigaray, can provide an invaluable means for restoring the vital link between the present and eternity -- and for re-envisioning the patriarchal traditions of the West. Western, logocentric rationality tends to abstract the teachings of yoga from its everyday practice -- most importantly, from the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the French |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Prānāyāma.
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East and West.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
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East and West
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Feminist theory
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Man-woman relationships
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Prānāyāma
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231507929 |
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0231507925 |
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9780231119344 |
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0231119348 |
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9780231119351 |
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0231119356 |
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