The ascetic self :

Flood, Gavin D., 1954-

The ascetic self : subjectivity, memory and tradition / Gavin Flood. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - xiii, 288 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-275) and index.

The asceticism of work: Simone Weil -- The asceticism of action the Bhagavad-gītā and Yoga-sūtras -- The asceticism of action: tantra -- The asceticism of the middle way -- The asceticism of the desert -- The asceticism of love and wisdom -- The ritual formation of the ascetic self -- The ascetic self and modernity.

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Asceticism--Comparative studies.
Asceticism--Psychology.

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