Atmospheres of breathing
As a physiological or biological matter, breath is mostly considered to be mechanical and thoughtless. By expanding on the insights of many religions and therapeutic practices, which emphasize the cultivation of breath, the contributors argue that breath should be understood as fundamentally and com...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany, New York :
State University of New York
2018.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009611778206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Philosophical Atmospheres of Breathing
- Logos and Psyche
- The Possibility of a New Respiratory Ontology
- Breath as a Way of Self-Affection
- Aesthetics of Breathing
- Philosophical Traditions of Breathing
- The Breathing of the Air
- Mindfulness of Breathing in Early Buddhism
- Inspiration and Expiration
- The Concept of Qi in Chinese Philosophy
- Phenomenology of the Wind and the Possibility of Preventive Medicine
- Voices and Media of Breathing
- “Thoughts, that Breathe”
- Theater of Breath
- The Media of Breathing
- Breathful and Breathless Worlds
- The Politics of Breathing
- Breath as the Hinge of Dis-ease and Healing
- Invisible Suffering
- Feminist Politics of Breathing
- Postface
- The Commonwealth of Breath
- Contributors
- Index
