Edward Slingerland taught in the School of Religion and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California, where he was recipient of the 2002 General Education Teaching Award. He is currently Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia and is Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition. His previous books include The Annalects of Confucius and Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China, which won the American Academy of Religion's 2003 Best First Book in the History of Religions Award.
Introduction
Part I. Exorcising the Ghost in the Machine: 1. The disembodied mind
2. They live among us
3. Pulling the plug
Part II. Embodying Culture: 4. Embodying culture
Part III. Defending Vertical Integration: 5. Defending the empirical
6. Who's afraid of reductionism?
Conclusion.
