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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Geoffrey Samuel (Cardiff University, UK) , Jay Johnston (University of Sydney, Australia)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9781138119376ISBN 10: 1138119377 Pages: 282 Publication Date: 04 August 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis collection of consistently excellent essays is the first academic study of the concept of the subtle body across many cultures, in pre-modern and contemporary societies, and in elite and vernacular traditions...The book has four parts, each with a helpful introduction by one of the editors...Summing up: Highly recommended. - J. Bussanich, University of New Mexico, CHOICE This collection of consistently excellent essays is the first academic study of the concept of the subtle body across many cultures, in pre-modern and contemporary societies, and in elite and vernacular traditions...The book has four parts, each with a helpful introduction by one of the editors...Summing up: Highly recommended. - J. Bussanich, University of New Mexico, CHOICE This collection of consistently excellent essays is the first academic study of the concept of the subtle body across many cultures, in pre-modern and contemporary societies, and in elite and vernacular traditions...The book has four parts, each with a helpful introduction by one of the editors...Summing up: Highly recommended. - J. Bussanich, University of New Mexico, CHOICE This book would be of great interest to a general audience, and also for students of Asian religion, and especially Tibetan Buddhism. In sum, this book offers a rich exploration into a much-needed area of research. - Loriliai Biernacki, University of Colorado, Asian Medicine 9 (2014) 273-304 ""This collection of consistently excellent essays is the first academic study of the concept of the subtle body across many cultures, in pre-modern and contemporary societies, and in elite and vernacular traditions...The book has four parts, each with a helpful introduction by one of the editors...Summing up: Highly recommended."" - J. Bussanich, University of New Mexico, CHOICE Author InformationGeoffrey Samuel is Professor of Anthropology in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University, UK, and Honorary Associate in the Department of Indian and Subcontinental Studies, University of Sydney, Australia. Jay Johnston is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Senior Lecturer in the School of Art History and Art Education, College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |