{"product_id":"the-awakened-ones-9780231153638","title":"The Awakened Ones","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile a rational consciousness grasps many truths, Gananath Obeyesekere believes an even richer knowledge is possible through a bold confrontation with the stuff of visions and dreams. Spanning both Buddhist and European forms of visionary experience, he fearlessly pursues the symbolic, nonrational depths of such phenomena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Awakened Ones\u003c\/i\u003e is the most sustained and powerful treatment since William James of the forms of knowledge and life that visionary experience makes possible. It is a remarkable combination of panoramic reference, detached analysis, and the most personal intensity of feeling and style. -- Akeel Bilgrami, Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Awakened Ones: Phenomenology of Visionary Experience\u003c\/i\u003e is Gananath Obeyesekere’s magnum opus, his summa, his valedictory volume, to use three Latinate terms that come down to, it’s a great big book into which he’s put all the wisdom of his long lifetime. . . . Brilliant, erudite, and candid. -- Wendy Doniger * Current Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003eIn his impeccable style, with an unmatched eloquence, a series of sparking, sparkling insights, and an expansive comparative vision, Gananath Obeyesekere gives us what can only be called a spiritual-intellectual testament. In the process, he calls on us to unite the rational and the nonrational at the highest levels of scholarship and cultural work and to envision a cross-cultural enlightenment that is as indebted to the visionary teachings of a Buddha or a William Blake as to the humanities and social sciences. A stunning and edifying achievement from a major intellectual. -- Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a world subjugated by the reification, if not deification, of rationality and science, this is a sorely needed antidote.... Highly recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eA stunning scholarly achievement. * The Ecclesial University *\u003cbr\u003e[Obeyesekere's] cultural and historical range is as impressive as his epistemological thesis is focused and tight. -- Jeffrey J. Kripal * History of Religions *\u003cbr\u003eIn this finely written, massive essay, ethnographer Obeyesekere elucidates a dialectic epistemology that utilizes both rational-scientific thinking and what he calls \"passive cerebration.\" * Religious Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an excellent book on visionary experience. * Biz India *\u003cbr\u003eI have read no more profound book in many years and recommend this book to anyone who is interested in visionary experiences that are salvific, whether explicitly religious or not. -- Ralph W. Hood Jr. * Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions *","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400254234967,"sku":"9780231153638","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231153638.jpg?v=1730470195","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-awakened-ones-9780231153638","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}