The ascetic self : subjectivity, memory, and tradition /
This 2004 book is about the ascetic self in the scriptural religions of Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism. The author claims that asceticism can be understood as the internalisation of tradition, the shaping of the narrative of a life in accordance with the narrative of tradition that might be see...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
