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Book SynopsisJonardon Ganeri explores philosophical reflections from many of the world’s intellectual cultures, ancient and modern, on how each of us creates an inner world. This book is a thought-provoking consideration of the value—or peril—of turning one’s gaze inward for all readers who have sought to map the geography of the mind.
Trade ReviewA work of dazzling compression and eclectic research . . . in little more than 100 eloquent pages. -- Kieran Setiya * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Not every philosophical survey can be as learned and open-minded, or as attentive to subtle historical parallels and difference as Ganeri's. But books like this show how unexpected and challenging the history of philosophy can be when it chooses to probe and complicate the traditional distinctions between 'Wester' and 'non-Western' philosophy, between literary and scientific inquiry, between metaphorical and literal uses of language. * TLS *
A worthy and compelling philosophical topic, one that Ganeri unfolds in insightful and often effective ways through brief encounters with literary and philosophical sources. * Theory and Event *
I recommend to all of you this little book. It's refreshing and considering the times, an important distraction. -- Anna Maria Polidori * Articles and more... *
Jonardon Ganeri’s book on inwardness does the most valuable thing a book can do: it gives pleasure and instruction at the same time. It raises numerous fascinating issues concerning inwardness from a variety of perspectives and explores them with delicacy and tact, inviting the reader to further reflection and exploration. -- Christopher Hamilton, author of
Middle AgeIn elegant prose and in an admirable cosmopolitan spirit,
Inwardness explores philosophic reflections worldwide, ancient and modern, on interiority, how each of us creates an inner world. -- Stephen Phillips, author of
Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth: A Brief History and PhilosophyTable of ContentsPreamble
Explorations in Inwardness
Libraries Lined with Memories
Rashōmon’s Effect
Self-Illuminating Beings
The Face as Interface
Hidden Layers Within
Troubles with Doubles
Dreams of Dreams
More “I”s Than “I Myself”
To Say “I” Is to Liea
Postscript
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
