Yogic Perception, Meditation and Altered States of Consciousness - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3700166486 ISBN 13 : 9783700166481

Editeur : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2009

Synopsis

The volume presents seventeen papers by different scholars that examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, questions concerning meditation and yogic perception. The contributions focus on various aspects, such as the nature of consciousness, the relation of body and mind, and health, and bind together the perspectives and approaches of disciplines such as South Asian, Buddhist and Tibetan studies, religious studies, philosophy and the history of philosophy, medieval European history, anthropology and psychology. In contrast to recent interdisciplinary studies on meditation that take the natural sciences as their focal point (notably, quantum mechanics and neurophysiology), this volume uses methods established in the social sciences and humanities as tools for understanding meditative traditions, especially those found in Buddhism and Hinduism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3700166486
• ISBN 13: 9783700166481
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 483
• Éditeur: Franco Eli
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible