Human Being, Bodily Being - Phenomenology From Classical India

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad offers illuminating new perspectives on contemporary phenomenological theories of body and subjectivity, based on studies of diverse classical Indian texts. He argues for a 'phenomenological ecology' of bodily subjectivity in health, gender, contemplation, and lovemaking.

List of contents

• Introduction: Situating Ecological Phenomenology


• 1: The Body in Illness and Health


• 2: The Gendered Body


• 3: The Body in Contemplation


• 4: The Body in Love

About the author

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster University, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of six books and some fifty papers. Divine Self, Human Self (Bloomsbury) won the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Best Book Award 2011-15.

Summary

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad offers illuminating new perspectives on contemporary phenomenological theories of body and subjectivity, based on studies of diverse classical Indian texts. He argues for a 'phenomenological ecology' of bodily subjectivity in health, gender, contemplation, and lovemaking.

Additional text

In this excellent book Ram-Prasad (comparative religion and philosophy, Lancaster Univ., UK) asks how the body, as a conceptual category, is central to human experience. Summing up: Recommended

Product details

• Authors: Ram-Prasad , Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi (Distinguished Professor Ram-Prasad, Pofessor Chakravarthi ( Distinguished Ram-Prasad, Pofessor Chakravarthi ( Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy Ram-Prasad, Pofessor Chakravarthi (Distinguished P Ram-Prasad, Ram-Prasad Chakravarthi
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780192856920
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285692-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Buddhism, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Hinduism, Phenomenology & Existentialism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy