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Autore |
Irigaray Luce |
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Titolo |
Between East and West [[electronic resource] ] : from singularity to community / / Luce Irigaray ; translated by Stephen Pluháček |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (156 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Feminist theory |
Man-woman relationships |
Prânayâma |
East and West |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-148) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Half title""; ""Series Page""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents;""; ""Preface to the English Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""The Time of Life""; ""Eastern Teachings""; ""The Way of Breath""; ""Being I , Being We""; ""The Family Begins with Two""; ""Approaching the Other as Other""; ""Mixing: A Principle for Refounding Community""; ""Notes""; ""Series List"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With this book we see a philosopher well steeped in the Western tradition thinking through ancient Eastern disciplines, meditating on what it means to learn to breathe, and urging us all at the dawn of a new century to rediscover indigenous Asian cultures. Yogic tradition, according to Irigaray, can provide an invaluable means for restoring the vital link between the present and eternity -- and for re-envisioning the patriarchal traditions of the West. Western, logocentric rationality tends to abstract the teachings of yoga from its everyday practice -- most importantly, from the cultivation |
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