Biographical note: Rüdiger Campe, Yale University, USA; Julia Weber, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. This book reevaluates premodern, modern and contemporary conceptions of affects, passions and emotion by analyzing various historical manifestations of the discourse on emoti…
This book reevaluates premodern, modern and contemporary conceptions of affects, passions and emotion by analyzing various historical manifestations of the discourse on emotion. Unlike most previous research, which - especially in the German tradition - often focused exclusively…
This book reevaluates premodern, modern and contemporary conceptions of affects, passions and emotion by analyzing various historical manifestations of the discourse on emotion. Unlike most previous research, which? especially in the German tradition? often focused exclusively o…
Interiors and interiority
Interiors and interiority
Interiors and Interiority
"This book explores the historical connections between the notions of architectural interior and human interiority, subjective space and represented space, including virtual space. Covering the broadly understood modern period, from the 18th century to the present, the contribut…
The idea that there is a truth within the person discovered through introspection is found in most religions. This book examines this metaphor in the history of Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism and the methods developed in those religions to realise it, particularly prayer an…
The idea that there is a truth within the person discovered through introspection is found in most religions. This book examines this metaphor in the history of Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism and the methods developed in those religions to realise it, particularly prayer an…
"The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self, has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today. This inwardness or interiority unique to me as an e…
The Philokalia (literally "love of the beautiful or good") is, after the Bible, the most influential source of spiritual tradition within the Orthodox Church. First published in Greek in 1782 by St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Macarios of Corinth, the Philokalia inclu…