{"product_id":"asceticism-of-the-mind-forms-of-attention-and-self-transformation-in-late-antique-monasticism-paperback","title":"Asceticism of the Mind: Forms of Attention and Self-Transformation in Late Antique Monasticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eInbar Graiver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsceticism is founded on the possibility that human beings can profoundly transform themselves through training and discipline. In particular, asceticism in the Eastern monastic tradition is based on the assumption that individuals are not slaves to the habitual and automatic but can be improved by ascetic practice and, with the cooperation of divine grace, transform their entire character and cultivate special powers and skills. \u003ci\u003eAsceticism of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e explores the strategies that enabled Christian ascetics in the Egyptian, Gazan, and Sinaitic monastic traditions of late antiquity to cultivate a new form of existence. At the book's center is a particular model of ascetic discipline that involves a systematic effort to train the mind and purify attention. Drawing on contemporary cognitive and neuroscientific research, this study underscores the beneficial potential and self-formative role of the monastic system of mental training, thereby confuting older views that emphasized the negative and repressive aspects of asceticism. At the same time, it sheds new light on the challenges that Christian ascetics encountered in their attempts to transform themselves, thereby lending insight into aspects of their daily lives that would otherwise remain inaccessible. \u003ci\u003eAsceticism of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e brings rigorously historical and cognitive perspectives into conjunction across a range of themes, and in so doing opens up new ways of exploring asceticism and Christian monasticism. By working across the traditional divide between the humanities and the cognitive sciences, it offers new possibilities for a constructive dialogue across these fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eInbar Graiver, a postdoctoral scholar at the Faculty of Theology at Humboldt University, studied philosophy, comparative literature, grammar, and general history before she completed her doctorate in medieval and late antique history at Tel Aviv University. Her current research is devoted to the ancient, late antique, and early Byzantine history of psychological knowledge and the processes related to its production, dissemination, and application. Her articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Early Christian Studies, The Journal of Religion, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Cognitive Historiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290413117689,"sku":"9780888444295","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Zf0QPUx2dF9780888444295.webp?v=1776283496","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/asceticism-of-the-mind-forms-of-attention-and-self-transformation-in-late-antique-monasticism-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}