Martial Virtues: Lessons in Wisdom, Courage, and Compassion from the World's Greatest Warriors - Couverture rigide

Hackney, Charles

 
9780804840231: Martial Virtues: Lessons in Wisdom, Courage, and Compassion from the World's Greatest Warriors
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0804840237 ISBN 13 : 9780804840231
Editeur : Tuttle Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

What does it mean to be a good warrior? Courage, justice, wisdom, benevolence...These are a few of the virtues of the ideal warrior or martial artist. But from whence do these virtues arise? Are they inherent, or can they be cultivated and taught? If so, how? "Martial Virtues" explores the place of the martial arts in the development of moral character. It focuses on the spiritual aspects of martial arts training, attempting to answer the question of what it means to be a good warrior. In this ground-breaking analysis, Hackney draws from the psychological literature on the development of positive character traits and from the lives and experiences of admirable warriors of fact and fiction, and analyses how the virtues of ancient and modern warriors can be developed by practicing the martial arts. Using examples from such wide-ranging sources, from the ancient Greeks to the Samurai practitioners of Bushido, from Confucius all the way to Bruce Lee, the author develops a list of virtues for the ideal warrior or martial artist. Hackney scrutinises such virtues as courage, wisdom, justice, and benevolence in turn, employing the lessons of modern psychology to understand how these virtues can be cultivated within ourselves and in others.

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À propos de l'auteur

Charles Hackney has been a student of the martial arts since 1995, with a background that includes Hapkido, Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, and Fiore dei Liberi Armizare. He has a doctorate in psychology, with a combined specialisation in Personality and Social Psychology.

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Éditeur
Tuttle Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0804840237
ISBN 13 
9780804840231
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
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Personne responsable
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