Philip Y. Kao, "Capturing the Ineffable: An Anthropology of Wisdom"
English | ISBN: 148750313X | 2020 | 264 pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | ISBN: 148750313X | 2020 | 264 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Grounded in ethnographic case studies that examine experiences from which wisdom emerges, Capturing the Ineffable provides a rigorous analysis of the sociocultural context of wisdom in the contemporary world. Each chapter in the volume deals with different aspects and showcases how communities in different contexts - nursing homes, religious organizations, corporations, and monastic institutions, for example - engage with the ineffability of wisdom.
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