Alan Watts in the Academy: Essays and Lectures
Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2017.
First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 378pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Very faint dust-spotting to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
To commemorate the 2015 centenary of the birth of Alan Watts (1915–1973), Peter J. Columbus and Donadrian L. Rice have assembled a much-needed collection of Watts's scholarly essays and lectures. Compiled from professional journals, monographs, scholarly books, conferences, and symposia proceedings, the volume sheds valuable light on the developmental arc of Watts's thinking about language and mysticism, Buddhism and Zen, Christianity, comparative religion, psychedelics, and psychology and psychotherapy. This definitive collection challenges Watts's reputation as a "popularizer" or "philosophical entertainer," revealing his concerns to be much more expansive and transdisciplinary than is suggested by the parochial "Zen Buddhist" label commonly affixed to his writings. The editors' authoritative introduction elucidates contemporary perspectives on Watts's life and work, and supports a bold rethinking of his contributions to psychology, philosophy, and religion.(Publisher). Very good. Item #16886
ISBN: 9781438465555
Price: $35.00