The Body, Self-Cultivation, and Ki-Energy

An inquiry into ki-energy, its role within Eastern mind-body theory, and its implications for our contemporary Western understanding of the body.

About the author

Yuasa Yasuo (1925–2005) was Professor Emeritus at Obirin University in Japan and the author of several books, including Overcoming Modernity: Synchronicity and Image-Thinking, The Body, Self-Cultivation, and Ki-Energy and The Body: Toward an Eastern Mind-Body Theory, both also published by SUNY Press.Shigenori Nagatomo is Assistant Professor at Temple University. He is co-author of Science and Comparative Philosophy, and co-translator of The Body: Toward an Eastern Mind-Body Theory by Yuasa Yasuo, published by SUNY Press, and Toward Superconsciousness: Meditational Theory and Practice.

Product details

• Authors: Yuasa Yasuo, Yasuo Yuasa
• Assisted by: Monte S. Hull (Translation), Shigenori Nagatomo (Translation)
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.1993
• EAN: 9780791416242
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1624-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Suny Series, the Body in Cultu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works