The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition

By Gavin Flood

Book Overview

Focusing on Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism, this book argues that asceticism must be understood within the boundaries of tradition. It exemplifies a completely new paradigm for comparative... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521843383
• ISBN13: 9780521843386
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"