ISBN-13: 9780415833752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 174 str.
ISBN-13: 9780415833752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 174 str.
This book looks at the ascetic practices in Japan in an inter-sectarian and inter-doctrinal fashion, in order to disclose the underlying theme (or set of themes) informing specific manifestations of asceticism. It develops such themes by employing a multidisciplinary methodology, which integrates participant fieldwork with a hermeneutical interpretation of the body as the primary locus of transmission of the ascetic embodied tradition . By unlocking this bodily data, the book manages to unveil the human body as the main tool and text of ascetic practice.