This ambitious interdisciplinary book includes not only essays but also discussions among a wide range of specialists. Neuroscientists, psychiatrists, anthropologists, musicologists, and scholars of religion examine the ways that meditation, music, prayer, and ritual can mediate pain, offer a narrative that transcends the sufferer, and give public dignity to private agony. They discuss topics as disparate as the molecular basis of pain, the controversial status of gate control theory, the possible links between the relaxation response and meditative practices in Christianity and Buddhism, and the mediation of pain and intense emotion in music, dance, and ritual. The authors conclude by pondering the place of pain in understanding--or the human failure to understand--good and evil in history.
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This ambitious interdisciplinary book includes not only essays but also discussions among a wide range of specialists. Neuroscientists, psychiatrists, anthropologists, musicologists, and scholars of religion examine the ways that meditation, music, prayer, and ritual can mediate pain, offer a narrative that transcends the sufferer, and give public dignity to private agony. They discuss topics as disparate as the molecular basis of pain, the controversial status of gate control theory, the possible links between the relaxation response and meditative practices in Christianity and Buddhism, and the mediation of pain and intense emotion in music, dance, and ritual. The authors conclude by pondering the place of pain in understanding--or the human failure to understand--good and evil in history.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative |
Release date | November 2007 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2008 |
Editors | Sarah Coakley, Kay Kaufman Shelemay |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With printed dust jacket / Reinforced binding |
Pages | 456 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-02456-4 |
Barcode | 9780674024564 |
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LSN | 0-674-02456-7 |