The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521604017)

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
ISBN-10: 052160401X
ISBN-13: 9780521604017
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/25/2004
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.36w x 0.77d