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Title Self as body in Asian theory and practice / edited by Thomas P. Kasulis with Roger T. Ames and Wimal Dissanayake.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [1993]
©1993

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  126 S465S    Check Shelf
Description xx, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion
SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Human body (Philosophy) -- Asia -- History.
Self (Philosophy) -- Asia -- History.
Mind and body -- Asia -- History.
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical -- Asia.
Self Concept -- Asia.
Human Body.
Cultural Characteristics -- Asia.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Philosophy -- Asia.
Added Author Kasulis, Thomas P., 1948-
Ames, Roger T., 1947-
Dissanayake, Wimal.
ISBN 079141079X hardcover alkaline paper
0791410803 paperback alkaline paper
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