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A New Culture of Energy - Beyond East and West (Paperback)
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A New Culture of Energy - Beyond East and West (Paperback)
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Loot Price R492
Discovery Miles 4 920
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In A New Culture of Energy, Luce Irigaray reflects on three
critical concerns of our time: the cultivation of energy in its
many forms, the integration of Asian and Western traditions, and
the reenvisioning of religious figures for the contemporary world.
A philosopher as well as a psychoanalyst, Irigaray draws deeply on
her personal experience in addressing these questions. In her view,
although psychoanalysis can succeed in releasing mental energy, it
fails to support physical and spiritual well-being. In pursuit of
an alternative, she took up the bodily practices of yoga and
pranayama breathing, which she considers in light of her analysis
of sexuate belonging and difference. Reflecting on these practices,
Irigaray contrasts yoga's approach to the natural world with how
the Western tradition privileges mastery over nature. These varied
sources provoke her to question how a tradition imagines
transcendence and the divine. In the book's final section, she
reinterprets the figure of Mary through breath, self-affection, and
touch, recalibrating her physicality within a natural world. A
reflection on the liberation of human energy, this book urges us to
cultivate an evolutionary culture in harmony with all living
beings.
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