Capturing the Ineffable: An Anthropology of Wisdom

Grounded in ethnographic case studies that examine experiences from which wisdom emerges, Capturing the Ineffable provides a rigorous analysis of the sociocultural context of wisdom in the contemporary world. Each chapter in the volume deals with different aspects and showcases how communities in different contexts - nursing homes, religious organizations, corporations, and monastic institutions, for example - engage with the ineffability...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148750313X
• ISBN13: 9781487503130
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher