Between East and West : from singularity to community / Luce Irigaray ; translated by Stephen Pluhacek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irigaray, Luce.

Series:

European perspectives.

European perspectives

Standardized Title:

Entre Orient et Occident. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Man-woman relationships.

Prānāyāma.

East and West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With this book we see a philosopher well steeped in the Western tradition thinking through ancient Eastern disciplines, meditating on what it means to learn to breathe, and urging us all at the dawn of a new century to rediscover indigenous Asian cultures. Yogic tradition, according to Irigaray, can provide an invaluable means for restoring the vital link between the present and eternity -- and for re-envisioning the patriarchal traditions of the West. Western, logocentric rationality tends to abstract the teachings of yoga from its everyday practice -- most importantly, from the cultivation

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half title""; ""Series Page""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents;""; ""Preface to the English Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""The Time of Life""; ""Eastern Teachings""; ""The Way of Breath""; ""Being I , Being We""; ""The Family Begins with Two""; ""Approaching the Other as Other""; ""Mixing: A Principle for Refounding Community""; ""Notes""; ""Series List""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-148) and index.

ISBN:

9780231507929

0231507925

OCLC:

823388017