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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454501303321

Autore

Irigaray Luce

Titolo

Between East and West [[electronic resource] ] : from singularity to community / / Luce Irigaray ; translated by Stephen Pluháček

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-231-50792-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

European perspectives

Disciplina

305.42/01

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Man-woman relationships

Prânayâma

East and West

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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