Mind, Soul and Consciousness: Religion, Science and the Psy-Disciplines in Modern South Asia (with a Foreword by J.N. Mohanty)

by Christopher Harding

This comprehensive volume explores histories and modern reworkings of the ideas of mind, soul and consciousness in South Asia.

It focuses on the burgeoning 'psy-disciplines' - psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy - and their links with religion, science, philosophy, and modern notions of the mystical and spiritual, not just in South Asia, but around the world. The authors explore the global flows of ideas that gathered pace during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367660253
• ISBN13: 9780367660253
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 130 Pages