Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere
| Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere |
| Autore | Obeyesekere Gananath |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
| Disciplina | 291.2/37 |
| Collana | Comparative studies in religion and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Reincarnation - Buddhism
Reincarnation Religious ethics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
amerindian tradition
buddhism buddhist tradition canada classicists cosmology cross cultural scholarship cultural relativism cultural stories death empedocles ethics greek tradition human condition indic civilizations indologists intellectual context karma melanesia methodological framework nietzsche personal transformation philosophy pindar plato pythagoras rebirth reincarnation siberia textbooks weber west africa wittgenstein |
| ISBN |
0-520-93630-2
1-59734-669-1 |
| Classificazione | BE 2460 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations -- 2. Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth -- 3. The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications -- 4. The Buddhist Ascesis -- 5. Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth -- 6. Rebirth and Reason -- 7. Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783075303321 |
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| Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere
| Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere |
| Autore | Obeyesekere Gananath |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
| Disciplina | 291.2/37 |
| Collana | Comparative studies in religion and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Reincarnation - Buddhism
Reincarnation Religious ethics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
amerindian tradition
buddhism buddhist tradition canada classicists cosmology cross cultural scholarship cultural relativism cultural stories death empedocles ethics greek tradition human condition indic civilizations indologists intellectual context karma melanesia methodological framework nietzsche personal transformation philosophy pindar plato pythagoras rebirth reincarnation siberia textbooks weber west africa wittgenstein |
| ISBN |
0-520-93630-2
1-59734-669-1 |
| Classificazione | BE 2460 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations -- 2. Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth -- 3. The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications -- 4. The Buddhist Ascesis -- 5. Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth -- 6. Rebirth and Reason -- 7. Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813931003321 |
Obeyesekere Gananath
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| Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A usable past : essays in European cultural history / / William J. Bouwsma
| A usable past : essays in European cultural history / / William J. Bouwsma |
| Autore | Bouwsma William J. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1990] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 901 |
| Soggetto topico | History - Philosophy |
| Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
academic civilization cultural history cultural studies essay anthology essay collection european culture european history historian historical research historical historiography law lawyers legal issues metaphysical middle ages nietzsche politics reformation renaissance research scholarly secular world secular social history social studies society western culture western world |
| ISBN |
1-282-75861-6
9786612758614 0-520-91014-1 0-585-14768-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Polarities of Western Culture -- II. The Durable Renaissance -- III. History and Historians -- IV. Essays in Applied History -- V. Coda -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495868703321 |
Bouwsma William J.
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1990] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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