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Published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
ISBN 10: 0838631614ISBN 13: 9780838631614
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows signs of shelf wear only, no tears, now wrapped in protective clear cover. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 237 pages. Book "delineates, in rich emperical detail and from a comparative perspective, the various ways in which people from widely divergent cultures have perceived the meaning of their lives and how their ideas have been expressed in moments of introspective analysis and public self-revelation. Seven essays by individual authors fo Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Islamic, European, and American societies. Includes: Varieties of the Chinese self by Pei-yi Wu, Idea of sef in the countertraditions of Bengali Hinduism by David Kopf, The self-person of surrrealism by Sarah Lawall, etc.