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Book SynopsisWisdom transcends knowledge but is only meaningful and relevant in context. This book explores the tensions and paradoxes associated with the ineffability of wisdom in a range of social and cultural contexts.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Toward an Anthropology of Wisdom Philip Kao, University of Pittsburgh Part I. Seeking Wisdom Revelations of Delusion: Becoming Isomorphic to the Ugrund, Richard Doyle, Penn State The Social Life of the Inexpressible: English Benedictine Mysticism, the Ineffable, and the Sublime, Richard Irvine, University of St Andrews Part II. Discerning Wisdom How Wisdom in Discovered: Discretion and Emotional Insights in Naikan Meditation in Japan, Clark Chilson, University of Pittsburgh Navigating Wisdom and Time in the Context of Aging and Eldercare, Philip Kao, University of Pittsburgh Part III. Transmitting Wisdom Yoga and Wisdom: Reflections on the Body at the Intersection of Epistemology and Ontology, Joseph Alter, University of Pittsburgh The Social Construction of Wisdom in Institutions, Charlotte Linde Part IV. Narrating Wisdom Of Uncertainty, Sophiology and Contemporary Governance: Zen and the Art of Scenario Planning, James Faubion, Rice University Grappling with the Ineffable in Three African Situations: An Ethnographic Approach, Wim van Binsbergen, African Studies Centre, Leiden
