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Anthropology of the self : the individual in cultural perspective / Brian Morris.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology, culture, and societyPublisher: London ; Boulder, Colo. : Pluto Press, 1994Description: 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781783715237
  • 1783715235
  • 0745308589
  • 9780745308586
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anthropology of the selfDDC classification:
  • 155.8 22
LOC classification:
  • GN512 .M67 1994eb
Other classification:
  • 73.85
  • LB 31950
  • LC 58000
  • MR 7100
  • 73.85.
  • LB 31950.
  • LC 58000.
  • MR 7100.
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Greek Philosophy and Concepts of the Psyche -- 3. Buddhism and the Doctrine of No Soul (Anatta) -- 4. The Hindu Conception of the Self -- 5. Taoism, Confucianism and the Chinese Self -- 6. African Philosophy and Conceptions of the Person -- 7. People as Social Beings: Conceptions of the Person in Oceania and Melanesia -- 8. Feminist Philosophy and the Theory of the Self -- 9. Conclusions.
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  • digitized 2010 committed to preserve
Summary: Annotation This book looks at the 'self' in Western, Asian and African societies passing though Greek philosophy, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confuscism, Tao and African philosophy and ending with contemporary feminism. Scholarly and written in a lucid style, free of jargon, this work is written from an anthropological perspective with an interdisciplinary approach. Morris emphasises the varying conceptions of the self found cross-culturally and contrasts these with the conceptions found in the Western intellectual traditions.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-214) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Greek Philosophy and Concepts of the Psyche -- 3. Buddhism and the Doctrine of No Soul (Anatta) -- 4. The Hindu Conception of the Self -- 5. Taoism, Confucianism and the Chinese Self -- 6. African Philosophy and Conceptions of the Person -- 7. People as Social Beings: Conceptions of the Person in Oceania and Melanesia -- 8. Feminist Philosophy and the Theory of the Self -- 9. Conclusions.

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Annotation This book looks at the 'self' in Western, Asian and African societies passing though Greek philosophy, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confuscism, Tao and African philosophy and ending with contemporary feminism. Scholarly and written in a lucid style, free of jargon, this work is written from an anthropological perspective with an interdisciplinary approach. Morris emphasises the varying conceptions of the self found cross-culturally and contrasts these with the conceptions found in the Western intellectual traditions.

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