The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition

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 religion which seeks to avoid a problematic universalism on the one hand and an area-specific relativism on the other. The volume's original contribution to methodology will be influential in the future development of comparative religious studies.

Author: Gavin Flood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/25/2004
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.36w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780521604017

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