Freedom Beyond Conditioning: East-West

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4438-6212-7
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 333 Seiten

If we live in the Western world we are said to be free. But are we? To what degree are we bound by our thoughts and emotions? What fuses us to habitual patterns of thinking and behaving? Are we ever really free of conditioning? Freedom Beyond Conditioning: East West researches the complex world of emotional life. It looks at the multifaceted relationships between body and mind; and the body-mind fusion that is emotion. Using empirical data, this book investigates the correlations between emotional life and mental freedom: analysing the experiential nature of a conditioned existence, while answering some difficult philosophical questions.

Freedom Beyond Conditioning presents an interesting anthology of some of the world’s most critical thinkers. It suggests that freedom is defined through its etymological links to friendship and justice, revealing the quintessential paradox of “responsible freedom”. This book blends the subtleties of Eastern theories of energy, and their relationship to freedom, with the Western world’s science-based approach to mind and body. Ultimately, Freedom Beyond Conditioning synthesises a healthy expression of emotional energy with the achievement of balance and wellbeing, and offers it as a true representation of freedom, one that is revealed through the paradoxical freedom of restraint.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiesner, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Über Autor(innen)

Wiesner, Jane
Dr Jane Wiesner is currently working in capacity development in the Pacific for an Australian Aid funded program. She is an educator and has taught Philosophy, Religion and Management at Deakin University, Box Hill Institute and the Australian Pacific Technical College, respectively. Jane has published over 25 papers (both commercial and academic) and is a regular writer for Australian Yoga Life. Jane’s published play “Paradise Found” was performed by Ithika Productions at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Jane has published two children’s picture books on Yoga. In Australia, Jane is recognised as a nationally accredited and qualified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist. She also holds numerous qualifications in quality management, environmental management, work health and safety, vocational education, and quality auditing. Jane has a passion for philosophy, photography and writing.

Dr Jane Wiesner is currently working in capacity development in the Pacific for an Australian Aid funded program. She is an educator and has taught Philosophy, Religion and Management at Deakin University, Box Hill Institute and the Australian Pacific Technical College, respectively. Jane has published over 25 papers (both commercial and academic) and is a regular writer for Australian Yoga Life. Jane’s published play “Paradise Found” was performed by Ithika Productions at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Jane has published two children’s picture books on Yoga. In Australia, Jane is recognised as a nationally accredited and qualified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist. She also holds numerous qualifications in quality management, environmental management, work health and safety, vocational education, and quality auditing. Jane has a passion for philosophy, photography and writing.