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1047853
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b802223
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| Main Entry
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Flood, Gavin D.,1954-
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The ascetic self : : subjectivity, memory, and tradition /\ Gavin Flood.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 2004.
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1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages)
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0511263414
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: 0521843383
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: 9780511263415
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: 9780511264986
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: 9780511265709
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: 9780511617522
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: 9780521843386
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052160401X
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0521843383
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The asceticism of work: Simone Weil -- The asceticism of action the Bhagavad-gītā and Yoga-sūtras -- The asceticism of action: tantra -- The asceticism of the middle way -- The asceticism of the desert -- The asceticism of love and wisdom -- The ritual formation of the ascetic self -- The ascetic self and modernity.
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Gavin Flood argues 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 seen as the perfomance of the memory of tradition.
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Asceticism, Comparative studies.
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Asceticism-- Psychology.
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Ascétisme, Études comparatives.
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Ascétisme-- Psychologie.
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Asceticism.
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Ascétisme-- Études comparatives.
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Ascétisme-- Histoire.
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Ascétisme.
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Askese
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Identitätsfindung
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RELIGION-- Inspirational.
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SELF-HELP-- Spiritual.
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Spiritualität
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Ascetisme.
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Boeddhisme.
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Christendom.
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Hindoeïsme.
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| Dewey Classification
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204.47
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| LC Classification
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BL625.F57 2004eb
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11.09bcl
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