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

• Autore: Irigaray Luce
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42/01
• Soggetto topico: Feminist theory; Man-woman relationships; Prânayâma; East and West
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Between East and West
• ISBN: 0-231-50792-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454501303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: European perspectives.