Practices of the Self and Spiritual Practices
In this book Sergey Horujy undertakes a novel comparative analysis of Foucault's theory of practices of the self and the Eastern Orthodox ascetical tradition of Hesychasm, revealing great affinity between these two radical &quote;subject-less&quote; approaches to anthropology. As he facilitates the dialogue between the two, he offers both an original treatment of ascetical and mystical practices and an up-to-date interpretation of Foucault that goes against the grain of mainstream scholarship.In the second half of the book Horujy transitions from the dialogue with Foucault to his own work of Christian philosophy, rooted in -- but not…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4674-4305-0
- EAN: 9781467443050
- Produktnummer: 37843953
- Verlag: Eerdmans
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Sergey S. Horujy is founder and director of the Institute ofSynergic Anthropology in Moscow and honorary professor ofthe UNESCO Chair for Comparative Studies of SpiritualTraditions in St. Petersburg.
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