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A provocative, enduring work that reexamines humanity's place in the natural world--& the spirit's relation to the flesh--in the light of Chinese Taoism. That human beings stand separate from a nature that must be controlled, that the mind is somehow superior to the body & that all sexuality entails a seduction--a danger & a problem--are all assumptions upon which much of Western thought & culture is based. All of them in some way underlie our exploitation of the earth, distrust of emotion, loneliness & reluctance to love. Few books have challenged those assumptions as directly as this erudite & engaging work by the author of The Way of Zen. Drawing on the precepts of Taoism, Watts offers an alternative vision of humans & the universe--one in which the distinctions between self & other, spirit & matter give way to a more holistic way of seeing. Nature, Man & Woman is a book of elegance & far-reaching implication--one of those rare texts that can change the way we think, feel & love.
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Nature, Man and Woman, Alan Watts
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- Année de publication
- 1970
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- Titre
- Nature, Man and Woman
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Alan Watts
- Éditeur
- Vintage
- Publié
- 1970
- Format
- souple
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Esotérisme & Religion, Motivation & Bien-être, Thèmes psychologiques, Thématique philosophique, Thèmes religieux, Religion, Spiritualité et spiritualisme, Philosophie, Femmes, Bouddhisme, Mystique, Développement spirituel, Hommes, Zen, Taoïsme
- Première publication
- 1958
- Titre original
- Nature, Man and Woman
- Évaluation
- 4,15 sur 5
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- A provocative, enduring work that reexamines humanity's place in the natural world--& the spirit's relation to the flesh--in the light of Chinese Taoism. That human beings stand separate from a nature that must be controlled, that the mind is somehow superior to the body & that all sexuality entails a seduction--a danger & a problem--are all assumptions upon which much of Western thought & culture is based. All of them in some way underlie our exploitation of the earth, distrust of emotion, loneliness & reluctance to love. Few books have challenged those assumptions as directly as this erudite & engaging work by the author of The Way of Zen. Drawing on the precepts of Taoism, Watts offers an alternative vision of humans & the universe--one in which the distinctions between self & other, spirit & matter give way to a more holistic way of seeing. Nature, Man & Woman is a book of elegance & far-reaching implication--one of those rare texts that can change the way we think, feel & love.