A study of the history of man has shown him at all times concerned with his self-preservation and protection in a world which was full of unforeseen and often unpleasant contingencies. Abstention from food or drink in the interests of a propitiating diety and later on asceticism in the hope of salvation in the next world were often the motives. The present century has however seen a waning abso...

Some aspects of Anna Freud’s life reveal the existence of specifically adolescent conflicts, which can be tied to some of her theoretical and clinical discoveries in the field of adolescent psychoanalysis. Her historical input in the gradual construction of a theoretical corpus on adolescence has often been ignored. These links between biography and theory gave rise to a movement of conceptuali...

The last three decades have seen a renewed interest on the part of Evangelical scholars in patristic studies. Recently, theologians Pentecostal/Charismatic tradition started to examine works Saint Symeon New Theologian. latter’s emphasis personal experience Holy Spirit and Christification provides fertile ground for encounter between Orthodox scholars. Recent scholarship is reviewed light conte...

This article aims to analyze the ideas of health and illness in ancient Buddhism, making use theoretical tools medical anthropology historical–philological inquiry. As a contribution conceptual history medicine I intend focus present investigation on ascetic problem “end world” as means achieving complete healing. The asceticism early Buddhism reconciles goal transcendence with that healing, ca...

Abstract This study presents a detailed analysis of the narrative Goyama and ascetics Mount Aṭṭhāvaya in Āvaśyaka Cūrṇi , including text translation. By identifying range themes, intertexts allusions narrative, variety Jain perspectives on nature asceticism are uncovered. Topics covered include as “commentary”, Niryukti background to some possible Śaiva significance Goyama’s physical appearance...

Concern about the prevalence of sexism and eating disorders (EDs) underlies this study, which had two goals: 1) To analyze gender differences and changes with age in sexism and in eating disorders (EDs) (DT-drive for thinness, BN-bulimia, BD-body dissatisfaction); and 2) to explore the relations between sexism and EDs. The sample comprised 941 students from 14 to 25 years old. The Ambivalent Se...