Self as Person in Asian Theory and Practice
Self as Person in Asian Theory and Practice

Author: Roger T. Ames

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1994-01-25

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 079149473X

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This book is a sequel to Self as Body in Asian Theory and Practice (SUNY, 1992) and anticipates a third book, Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice. In order to address issues as diverse as the promotion of human rights or the resolution of sexism in ways that avoid inadvertent lapses into cultural chauvinism, alternative cultural perspectives that begin from differing conceptions of self and self-realization must be articulated and respected. This book explores the articulation of personal character within the disparate cultural experiences of Japan, China, and South Asia.

Self as Body in Asian Theory and Practice
Self as Body in Asian Theory and Practice

Author: Thomas P. Kasulis

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780791410790

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This book is an investigation of the relationship between self and body in the Indian, Japanese, and Chinese philosophical traditions. The interplay between self and body is complex and manifold, touching on issues of epistemology, ontology, social philosophy, and axiology. The authors examine these issues and make relevant connections to the Western tradition. The authors' allow the Asian traditions to shed new light on some of the traditional mind-body issues addressed in the West.

Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice
Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice

Author: Roger T. Ames

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9780791427255

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This is the third in a series dealing with the concept of self and its importance in understanding Chinese, Japanese, and Indian cultures. The authors examine the relationship between self and image and its significance in attaining a deeper knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, and Indian cultures. The relationship between self and image is as complex as it is fascinating. It takes on different meanings and significances in diverse cultures. In this volume, the focus of attention is largely on representational practices and symbolic media, such as literature, cinema, art, and dance. By examining both classical and contemporary works associated with China, India, and Japan, the authors seek, on the one hand, to demonstrate the intricate relationship between self and image and, on the other, to make use of that relationship to further our understanding of these cultures.

Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice
Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice

Author: Roger T. Ames

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1998-04-30

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780791427262

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Explores, from a cross-cultural viewpoint and in terms of symbolic expression, the self's problematic relationship to language and art and to the culture embedding the language and art.

Thinking from the Han
Thinking from the Han

Author: David L. Hall

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780791436141

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Examines the issues of self (including gender), truth, and transcendence in classical Chinese and Western philosophy.

Emotions in Asian Thought
Emotions in Asian Thought

Author: Joel Marks

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780791422243

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Treats the nature and ethical significance of emotions from a comparative cultural perspective emphasizing Asian traditions.

Self and Deception
Self and Deception

Author: Roger T. Ames

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780791430316

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Distinguished scholars discuss the problem of self-deception, or rather, self and deception.

The Body
The Body

Author: Yasuo Yuasa

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1987-07-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 143842468X

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This book explores mind-body philosophy from an Asian perspective. It sheds new light on a problem central in modern Western thought. Yuasa shows that Eastern philosophy has generally formulated its view of mind-body unity as an achievement a state to be acquired—rather than as essential or innate. Depending on the individual's own developmental state, the mind-body connection can vary from near dissociation to almost perfect integration. Whereas Western mind-body theories have typically asked what the mind-body is, Yuasa asks how the mind-body relation varies on a spectrum from the psychotic to the yogi, from the debilitated to the athletic, from the awkward novice to the master musician. Yuasa first examines various Asian texts dealing with Buddhist meditation, kundalini yoga, acupuncture, ethics, and epistemology, developing a concept of the "dark consciousness" (not identical with the psychoanalytic unconscious) as a vehicle for explaining their basic view. He shows that the mind-body image found in those texts has a striking correlation to themes in contemporary French phenomenology, Jungian psychoanalysis, psychomatic medicine, and neurophysiology. The book clears the ground for a provocative meeting between East and West, establishing a philosophical region on which science and religion can be mutually illuminating.

Burning for the Buddha
Burning for the Buddha

Author: James A. Benn

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2007-02-28

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0824829921

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Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. It examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. Rather than privilege the doctrinal and exegetical interpretations of the tradition, which assume the central importance of the mind and its cultivation, James Benn focuses on the ways in which the heroic ideals of the bodhisattva present in scriptural materials such as the Lotus Sutra played out in the realm of religious practice on the ground.

Anticipating China
Anticipating China

Author: David L. Hall

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1995-08-17

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1438405510

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By providing parallel accounts of the contrasting developments of classical Chinese and Western traditions, Anticipating China offers a means of avoiding the implicit cultural biases which so often distort Western understanding of Chinese intellectual culture. The book shows that failure to assess the significant cultural differences between China and the West has seriously affected our understanding of both classical and contemporary China, and makes the translation of attitudes, concepts, and issues extremely problematic.