{"product_id":"the-body","title":"The Body","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores mind-body philosophy from an Asian perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores mind-body philosophy from an Asian perspective. It sheds new light on a problem central in modern Western thought. Yuasa shows that Eastern philosophy has generally formulated its view of mind-body unity as an achievement a state to be acquired-rather than as essential or innate. Depending on the individual''s own developmental state, the mind-body connection can vary from near dissociation to almost perfect integration. Whereas Western mind-body theories have typically asked what the mind-body is, Yuasa asks how the mind-body relation varies on a spectrum from the psychotic to the yogi, from the debilitated to the athletic, from the awkward novice to the master musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuasa first examines various Asian texts dealing with Buddhist meditation, kundalini yoga, acupuncture, ethics, and epistemology, developing a concept of the \"dark consciousness\" (not identical with the psychoanalytic unconscious) as a vehicle for explaining their basic view. He shows that the mind-body image found in those texts has a striking correlation to themes in contemporary French phenomenology, Jungian psychoanalysis, psychomatic medicine, and neurophysiology. The book clears the ground for a provocative meeting between East and West, establishing a philosophical region on which science and religion can be mutually illuminating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57571400679806,"sku":"NW9780887064685","price":23.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780887064685.jpg?v=1781783005","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/the-body","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}