Asceticism of the mind : forms of attention and self-transformation in late antique monasticism / Inbar Graiver

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Graiver, Inbar. Auteur

Edité par Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies - 2021

"This study explores the strategies used by Christian ascetics in the Egyptian, Gazan, and Sinaitic monastic traditions of late antiquity, drawing on contemporary cognitive and neuroscientific research to underscore the beneficial potential and self-formative role of the monastic system of mental training, confuting older views that emphasized the negative and repressive aspects of asceticism. At the same time, it sheds new light on the challenges that ascetics encountered in their attempts to transform themselves, lending insight into aspects of their daily lives. The use of both historical and cognitive perspectives allows Asceticism of the Mind to open new ways of exploring asceticism and Christian monasticism."--

Introduction. The ascetic self. Control of the self. The challenges of attentiveness. The besieged mind. Removing the blockage. Conclusion.

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