Capturing the Ineffable : : An Anthropology of Wisdom / / ed. by Philip Y. Kao, Joseph S. Alter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• MitwirkendeR: Alter, Joseph S.,; Binsbergen, Wim M.J. Van,; Chilson, Clark,; Doyle, Richard,; Faubion, James D.,; Irvine, Richard D.G.,; Kao, Philip Y.,; Linde, Charlotte,
• HerausgeberIn: Alter, Joseph S.,; Kao, Philip Y.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 2 figures

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...

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