Human Being, Bodily Being: Phenomenology from Classical India

by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Book Overview

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad offers illuminating new perspectives on contemporary phenomenological theories of body and subjectivity, based on studies of classical Indian texts that deal with bodily subjectivity. Examining four texts from different genres - a medical handbook, epic dialogue, a manual of Buddhist practice, and erotic poetry - he argues for a 'phenomenological ecology' of bodily subjectivity in health, gender, contemplation, and lovemaking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192856928
• ISBN13: 9780192856920
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"