Susannah Deane

Illness and Enlightenment (eBook, PDF)

Exploring Tibetan Perspectives on Madness in Text and Everyday Life

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Tibetan understandings of nyoné - 'madness'- encompass a broad range of concepts. Perspectives on the causation and treatment of madness as an illness are informed by Tantric and medical understandings of mind-body structure and (dys)functioning, as well as people's relationships with non-human entities. In addition, 'madness' may be seen as a sign of enlightenment in the case of some Tantric practitioners. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Tibetan region of Amdo in northwest China, as well as examination of Tibetan medical and religious texts, Illness and Enlightenment explores the multi-faceted concept of nyoné through key Tibetan concepts of wind, heart, and mind, as well as human-spirit relationships.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781805398424
• Artikelnr.: 72782493

Autorenporträt

Susannah Deane completed her PhD at Cardiff University. Her interdisciplinary research spans medical anthropology and religious studies, and focuses on perspectives on mental health and illness within Tibetan communities in China and in exile. Her publications include Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry: Mental Health and Healing in a Tibetan Exile Community (Carolina Academic Press, 2018). This work is based on research conducted during a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at University of Bristol.