{"product_id":"illness-and-enlightenment-susannah-deane-9781805398400","title":"Illness and Enlightenment: Exploring Tibetan Perspectives on Madness in Text and Everyday Life","description":"Tibetan understandings of nyon? - 'madness'- encompass a broad range of concepts. Perspectives on the causation and treatment of madness as an illness are informed by Tantric and medical understandings of mind-body structure and (dys)functioning, as well as people's relationships with non-human entities. In addition, 'madness' may be seen as a sign of enlightenment in the case of some Tantric practitioners. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Tibetan region of Amdo in northwest China, as well as examination of Tibetan medical and religious texts, Illness and Enlightenment explores the multi-faceted concept of nyon? through key Tibetan concepts of wind, heart, and mind, as well as human-spirit relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susannah Deane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1805398407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805398400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Susannah Deane","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618252181759,"sku":"9781805398400","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cab0cba2-316b-4633-8861-537ff76ffc1f.jpg?v=1740069582","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/illness-and-enlightenment-susannah-deane-9781805398400","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}