Capturing the Ineffable

An Anthropology of Wisdom
Herausgeber: Kao, Philip Y; Alter, Joseph S

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Produktbeschreibung

Wisdom transcends knowledge but is only meaningful and relevant in context. This book explores the tensions and paradoxes associated with the ineffability of wisdom in a range of social and cultural contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781487503130
• ISBN-10: 148750313X
• Artikelnr.: 59078013

Autorenporträt

Edited by Philip Y. Kao and Joseph S. Alter

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Toward an Anthropology of Wisdom
Philip Kao, University of Pittsburgh
Part I. Seeking Wisdom
Revelations of Delusion: Becoming Isomorphic to the Ugrund, Richard Doyle,
Penn State
The Social Life of the Inexpressible: English Benedictine Mysticism, the
Ineffable, and the Sublime, Richard Irvine, University of St Andrews
 
Part II. Discerning Wisdom
How Wisdom in Discovered: Discretion and Emotional Insights in Naikan
Meditation in Japan, Clark Chilson, University of Pittsburgh
Navigating Wisdom and Time in the Context of Aging and Eldercare, Philip
Kao, University of Pittsburgh
Part III. Transmitting Wisdom
Yoga and Wisdom: Reflections on the Body at the Intersection of
Epistemology and Ontology, Joseph Alter, University of Pittsburgh
The Social Construction of Wisdom in Institutions, Charlotte Linde
Part IV. Narrating Wisdom
Of Uncertainty, Sophiology and Contemporary Governance: Zen and the Art of
Scenario Planning, James Faubion, Rice University
Grappling with the Ineffable in Three African Situations: An Ethnographic
Approach, Wim van Binsbergen, African Studies Centre, Leiden