Capturing the Ineffable : : An Anthropology of Wisdom / / ed. by Philip Y. Kao, Joseph S. Alter.
Grounded in ethnographic case studies that examine experiences from which wisdom emerges, Capturing the Ineffable provides a rigorous analysis of the sociocultural context of wisdom in the contemporary world. Each chapter in the volume deals with different aspects and showcases how communities in di...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 2 figures |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Towards an Anthropology of Wisdom
- Part One: Seeking Wisdom
- 1. Revelations of Delusion: Becoming Isomorphic to the Urgrund with Philip K. Dick
- 2. The Social Life of the Inexpressible: English Benedictine Mysticism, the Ineffable, and the Sublime
- Part Two: Discerning Wisdom
- 3. How Wisdom Is Discovered: Discretion and Emotional Insights in Naikan Meditation in Japan
- 4. Navigating Wisdom and Time: Reflections on Aging and Eldercare
- Part Three: Transmitting Wisdom
- 5. Yoga and Wisdom: Reflections on the Body at the Intersection of Epistemology and Ontology
- 6. Social Construction of Wisdom in Institutions
- Part Four: Narrating Wisdom
- 7. Of Uncertainty, Sophiology, and Governance: Zen and the Art of Scenario Planning
- 8. Grappling with the Ineffable in Three African Situations: An Ethnographic Approach
- Contributors
- Index